highly significantp < 0.01
A p value less than or equivalent to 0.05 ( p value of two-related-sample test was 0.05/3) was considered to be statistically significant and considered as extremely significant ( ∗∗∗ ) ( p < 0.001); highly significant ( ∗∗ ) ( p < 0.01); significant ( ∗ ) ( p < 0.05); and not significant ( p > 0.05).