a clear tendency to significancep = 0.063
AEE was also significantly lower as compared with healthy donors ( p = 0.016), and TEE showed a clear tendency to significance ( p = 0.063) (Table 2 ).
AEE was also significantly lower as compared with healthy donors ( p = 0.016), and TEE showed a clear tendency to significance ( p = 0.063) (Table 2 ).
Although values were borderline significant, no clinically significant decline was observed in SF-36 PF (Table 3 , Fig. 4 ).