“…Laboratory screening and Hcy measurements were performed according to the methods previously reported (Table 1). 8,9 Statistical Analysis Data were processed using the SPSS version 16.0 package (Statistical Package for Social Sciences Inc, Chicago, Illinois) and were expressed as number, mean, standard deviation, minimum and maximum for continuous variables, and number and percent for categorical variables, respectively. When continuous variables did not show a normal distribution, the Mann-Whitney U test was used.…”