*2.9. Statistical Analysis*

The results were expressed as mean values and standard deviation (SD). Statistical analyses were performed using the Kruskal-Wallis test for comparison between several groups and the Mann-Whitney *U* test for comparison between 2 subgroups to assess the effects of drug treatment, with *p* < 0.05. The analyses were done using IBM SPSS Statistics for Windows, Version 26.0 (IBM Corp., Armonk, New York, NY, USA).
