Table 4.

The statistics of post hoc analysis across three stages.

Bonferroni correction	Stage 1		Stage 2		Stage 3
Paired deck	Mean differences	p-Value	Mean differences	p-Value	Mean differences	p-Value
A–B	−11.83	0.00**	−10.93	0.00**	−8.67	0.00**
A–C	−4.29	0.04*	−11.31	0.00**	−17.38	0.00**
A–D	−9.10	0.00**	−17.04	0.00**	−19.85	0.00**
B–C	7.54	0.00**	−0.38	1.00	−8.71	0.00**
B–D	2.74	0.47	−6.11	0.01*	−11.18	0.00**
C–D	−4.81	0.01*	−5.74	0.02*	−2.47	1.00

**p < 0.01, *p < 0.05.