Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (ªSPSS Inc. 1989–
1999, Chicago, IL, USA) was used for statistical analyses.
The test of normal distribution by the Kolmogorov–Smirnov
test was used to determine parametric and nonparametric data.
The parametric data were analysed by a one-way ANOVA test
used for analysis of variance within and between the groups.
The least significance difference test was used as a post hoc
test for multiple comparisons between the tested groups
after the analysis of variance. For nonparametric data of categorical
variables, comparisons were carried out by Chi-square
(v2) test. The inflammatory score data were expressed as
means ± standard deviation. The significant statistical difference
was accepted at p