*2.14. Statistical Analysis*

The results are expressed as means ± SEM. For statistical analysis, we used oneway ANOVAs, two-way ANOVAs, repeated measures ANOVAs, t-tests, and Pearson bivariate correlation tests, as indicated. All post hoc comparisons were made using Tukey's range test. Significance was chosen at *p* ≤ 0.05. Data were analyzed using SPSS 27 (IBM, Chicago, IL, USA). Normality assumption was examined using the Kolmogorov–Smirnov and Shapiro–Wilk tests.
