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. 2024 Jan 26;11:1303804. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1303804

Table 3.

Descriptive statistics of the parameters evaluated before and after sauna with a temperature of 80°C and 120°C.

Parameter Temperature [oC] Before sauna After sauna Differences
Mean SD Min–Max Mean SD Min–Max t p Cohen’s d
SBP [mmHg] 80 110.45 9.11 95–127 104.77 8.80 82–120 −4.87 <0.001 0.64
120 108.41 7.40 95–123 107.41 7.87 93–122 −0.53 ns 0.13
ns ns
DBP [mmHg] 80 72.00 6.65 59–91 69.05 6.83 52–80 −2.65 0.015 0.44
120 72.55 4.57 61–81 67.14 7.08 51–78 −3.98 <0.001 0.91
ns ns
HR [bpm] 80 79.27 9.23 57–100 114.23 9.54 97–127 12.97 <0.001 3.72
120 82.68 11.09 57–99 120.95 16.46 80–155 9.26 <0.001 2.73
ns ns
Forehead temperature [oC] 80 36.66 0.25 35.9–37.1 37.91 0.45 37.1–38.7 11.01 <0,001 3.43
120 36.84 0.42 36.0–37.7 38.24 0.78 37.1–40.2 7.87 <0,001 2.23
ns ns
Body mass [kg] 80 59.41 8.43 48.1–84.8 59.27 8.44 48.1–84.7 −9.92 <0.001 0.02
120 58.12 7.46 49.0–84.8 57.82 7.45 48.8–84.4 −13.16 <0.001 0.04
ns ns

ns, no significant difference.