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Summary of mean seasonal data for sweat sodium concentration and sweat rate. |
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| Sweat sodium concentrations |
Mean sweat rate (kg.h-1) |
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| Mean arms (mmol.L-1) |
Mean legs (mmol.L-1) |
Combined seasonal mean (all limbs) (mmol.L-1) |
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| Summer |
48.4 ± 26.6 |
41.0 ± 23.3 |
44.7 ± 24.7 |
0.47 ± 0.14 |
| (38.1 – 58.7) |
(31.3 – 50.6) |
(35.7 – 53.7) |
(0.29 – 0.65) |
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| Winter |
72.3 ± 24.9 |
55.5 ± 21.7 |
63.8 ± 22.6 |
0.41 ± 0.17 |
| (62.3 – 82.3) |
(46.2 – 64.8) |
(55.4 – 72.2) |
(0.21 – 0.49) |
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| p |
0.0001* |
0.0299* |
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Data are mean ± SD with 95% confidence limits (parentheses). * Level of significance p < 0.05. Paired t-tests comparing individual summer and winter data. | ||||
Bates and Miller Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2008 3:4 doi:10.1186/1745-6673-3-4 |
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