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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Eur J Appl Physiol. 2010 Mar;108(4):779–789. doi: 10.1007/s00421-009-1290-4

Table 6.

Protective relative humidity

Protective RH (%)
Lean Obese
34°C 72 66
36°C 60 49
38°C 50 40
42°C 35 30

Values are means ± SE for 7 lean and 7 obese subjects at 34, 36 and 38°C and 7 lean and 5 obese subjects at 42°C

Protective RH, protective relative humidity for 95% of the population, 2 standard deviations below the mean