Chi-square and 1-way analysis of variance were performed to compare the groups.
A general descriptive and a multivariate analysis of variance were performed.
The Shapiro-Wilk test for normal distribution and the Levene-Mediane test for equal variance were performed prior to ANOVAs.
To examine the durability (stability) of MSMI effectiveness, repeated measure analyses of variance were performed on the stress, and coping response variables.
Analyses of variance were performed to check the existence of genetic variation among the lines independently for the four experiments on all the measured traits.
For the two pairs of trials (E1 and E2; E3 and E4), analyses of variance were performed to assess the extent of the genotype × trial interactions.
Paired sample t-tests and analyses of variance were performed to assess absolute stability, intraclass correlation coefficients were calculated for relative stability and multivariate linear regression models were used to evaluate the relation between co-variates and change in alexithymia.
All the radiographic measurements, including palmar tilt, radial inclination and ulnar variance, were performed on the last follow-up X-rays using a picture archiving and communication system (PACS software, Fuji Synapse).
Hierarchical clustering, frequency distribution analysis (histogram) and analysis of variance were performed in the freeware statistical program R (Auckland, NZ).
Unpaired Students t-tests assuming equal variance were performed to determine statistical significance (two-tailed, p<0.05).
The two tailed Mann-Whitney test and repeated measures analysis of variance were performed to evaluate the statistical significance of the results (p value <0.05).
