highly significantp -values ≤ 0.005
Differences were considered as “highly significant” in cases with p -values ≤ 0.005, as “significant” with p -values ≤ 0.05, as “borderline significant” with p -values between 0.05 and 0.1, and as “not significant” (n.s.) with p -values ≥ 0.1.