Table 3.
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.