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. 2008 Jan 29;3:4. doi: 10.1186/1745-6673-3-4

Table 3.

Summary of mean seasonal data for sweat sodium concentration and sweat rate.

Sweat sodium concentrations Mean sweat rate (kg.h-1)

Mean arms (mmol.L-1) Mean legs (mmol.L-1) Combined seasonal mean (all limbs) (mmol.L-1)
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)
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)
p 0.0001* 0.0299*

Data are mean ± SD with 95% confidence limits (parentheses).

* Level of significance p < 0.05. Paired t-tests comparing individual summer and winter data.