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Pearson correlation between study variables is performed to find the degree of relationship, Pearson correlation coefficient ranging between −1 and 1, −1 being the perfect negative correlation, 0 is the no correlation, and 1 means perfect positive correlation Significant figures + - Suggestive significance ( P : 0.05 < P < 0.10) * - Moderately significant ( P : 0.01 < P ≤ 0.05) ** - Strongly significant ( P : P ≤ 0.01).[ 17 18 19 20 ] R ESULTS Of the 100 patients in our study, in our selected time frame, 51% were male and 49% were female.

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