Table 2. Body Temperatures and Distal-Proximal Skin Temperature Gradient at Lights Off on Non-Bathing and Bathing Nights.
| Non-bathing | Bathing | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | SD | M | SD | t | p | |
| Rectal a (°C) | 37.05 | 0.19 | 37.28 | 0.38 | 1.80 | .095 |
| Abdominal (°C) | 34.95 | 0.60 | 35.33 | 0.54 | 2.26 | .040 |
| Foot (°C) | 32.82 | 0.77 | 34.91 | 0.69 | 8.73 | .000 |
| DPG (°C) | -2.14 | 0.57 | -0.42 | 0.89 | 6.81 | .000 |
N = 15. Data = average of the last 3 minutes before lights off. Paired-t test, 2 tailed, with Bonferroni correction alpha = .05/4 = .0125.
a
n = 12 for rectal temperature data, 3 subjects were excluded due to missing data.