Categorical variables were compared using the Kruskal–Wallis test, and non-normally distributed data were analyzed using the Mann–Whitney U test. survival was estimated using Kaplan–Meier survival curves and compared using the log-rank test. A p-value <0.05 was considered statistically significant. Data analysis was performed using R Foundation Statistical software (R 3.2.2) with TableOne, ggplot2, Hmisc, and survival packages (The R Foundation for Statistical Computing, Vienna, Austria) as previously described.19 (link),25 (link),26 (link)
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