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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Muscle Nerve. 2010 Feb;41(2):240–246. doi: 10.1002/mus.21464

Table 2.

Mayo-QSART and Q-Sweat summary statistics represented as median (minimum, maximum). The paired difference reported is the Mayo-QSART value minus the Q-Sweat value. P-values are based on one-sample signed rank test.

Measurement Mayo-QSART Q-Sweat Paired difference P
Temperature, ° Celsius
Forearm
 Men 32.6 (30.3, 34.0) 32.5 (30.2, 34.2) -0.2 (-1.5, 2.5) 0.57
 Women 31.9 (30.4, 33.6) 31.9 (30.0, 34.0) -0.1 (-1.2, 1.1) 0.30
Proximal leg
 Men 32.2 (30.5, 33.6) 32.2 (30.1, 33.7) 0.0 (-2.0, 1.9) 0.84
 Women 31.7 (30.0, 33.3) 31.6 (29.7, 33.1) 0.1 (-1.4, 1.6) 0.27
Distal leg
 Men 31.5 (28.9, 33.5) 31.6 (29.5, 33.0) 0.0 (-1.7, 1.6) 0.45
 Women 31.0 (28.3, 33.6) 31.3 (29.0, 33.5) -0.1 (-2.0, 1.1) 0.013
Foot
 Men 31.8 (27.9, 33.3) 31.5 (27.9, 33.3) 0.1 (-1.3, 2.0) 0.38
 Women 31.1 (29.5, 33.8) 31.4 (28.9, 34.1) -0.2 (-2.0, 2.0) 0.20
Latency, minutes
Forearm
 Men 1.5 (0.8, 3.1) 1.7 (1.0, 3.0) -0.3 (-1.2, 0.5) <0.001
 Women 1.7 (0.8, 3.3) 2.0 (0.2, 3.5) -0.3 (-1.3, 1.5) <0.001
Proximal leg
 Men 1.2 (0.2, 2.6) 1.5 (0.7, 3.1) -0.1 (-2.2, 0.8) 0.034
 Women 1.4 (0.2, 2.4) 1.7 (0.2, 3.6) -0.2 (-1.3, 1.4) <0.001
Distal leg
 Men 1.4 (0.4, 3.1) 1.4 (0.4, 2.5) 0.0 (-1.6, 1.4) 0.97
 Women 1.7 (0.2, 4.0) 1.7 (0.4, 3.6) 0.0 (-1.2, 0.9) 0.78
Foot
 Men 1.9 (0.2, 5.1) 2.5 (0.4, 5.2) -0.4 (-2.7, 1.7) 0.013
 Women 2.3 (0.2, 5.2) 2.8 (0.2, 5.3) -0.3 (-3.2, 2.6) 0.094
Volume, μL
Forearm
 Men 3.2 (0.3, 7.3) 1.3 (0.3, 3.9) 1.8 (0.1, 5.1) <0.001
 Women 0.9 (0.1, 4.4) 0.5 (0.1, 2.4) 0.5 (-0.4, 3.0) <0.001
Proximal leg
 Men 2.4 (0.8, 6.5) 1.3 (0.4, 4.0) 1.0 (-0.6, 4.0) <0.001
 Women 1.4 (0.2, 5.1) 0.8 (0.1, 2.4) 0.7 (-0.5, 3.2) <0.001
Distal leg
 Men 3.6 (0.4, 7.8) 1.9 (0.3, 3.9) 1.8 (-0.3, 4.6) <0.001
 Women 1.7 (0.2, 6.5) 1.0 (0.1, 3.5) 0.6 (-0.1, 3.0) <0.001
Foot
 Men 1.6 (0.1, 5.1) 0.8 (0.2, 2.5) 0.8 (-0.3, 4.1) <0.001
 Women 0.8 (0.1, 4.2) 0.4 (0.0, 1.5) 0.5 (-0.1, 3.4) <0.001