. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Feb 1.

Published in final edited form as: Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2009 Feb;41(2):279–289. doi: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e318185d341

Table 2.

Baseline, final exercise and change in T_c by day of acclimation

	Day 1	Day 2	Day 3	Day 4	Day 5	Day 6	Day 6 – Day 1
Baseline T_c, °C
Lean	37.41 ± 0.06	37.28 ± 0.06	37.35 ± 0.04	37.30 ± 0.06	37.22 ± 0.04^†	37.18 ± 0.04^†	−0.23 ± 0.04
Obese	37.62 ± 0.06^*	37.44 ± 0.08^*	37.47 ± 0.10^*	37.47 ± 0.08^*	37.45 ± 0.05^*	37.41 ± 0.04^*^†	−0.21 ± 0.06
Final Exercise T_c, °C
Lean	38.17 ± 0.09	37.99 ± 0.06^†	37.95 ± 0.05^†	37.87 ± 0.06^†	37.78 ± 0.07^†	37.72 ± 0.06^†	−0.45 ± 0.08
Obese	38.15 ± 0.05	38.19 ± 0.08	38.06 ± 0.06	38.07 ± 0.07	37.96 ± 0.05^†	37.89 ± 0.05^†	−0.26 ± 0.04^*
Δ T_c per trial, °C
Lean	0.77 ± 0.08	0.72 ± 0.06	0.60 ± 0.04	0.58 ± 0.02^†	0.56 ± 0.04^†	0.54 ± 0.02^†	−0.23 ± 0.09
Obese	0.53 ± 0.07	0.76 ± 0.12	0.58 ± 0.10	0.61 ± 0.11	0.51 ± 0.06	0.48 ± 0.08	−0.05 ± 0.07

Values are means ± SE for 7 lean and 7 obese subjects. T_c, body core temperature; ΔT_c = Final Exercise T_c − Baseline T_c.

Significant group difference at P < 0.05.

^†

Significantly different from day 1 within group at P < 0.05.