Table 1.

Median responses to heating

	Before heating	During heating	P
Room temperature (°C)	27.2 (26.4, 28.4)	37.7 (37.3, 38.1)	0.01
Skin temperature (°C)	31.5 (30.7, 32.8)	33.1 (34.8, 37.0)	0.01
Tympanic membrane temperature (°C)	38.4 (37.1, 38.6)	38.6 (38.1, 38.8)	0.01
Sweating (AU)	0.043 (0.004, 0.097)	0.155 (0.060, 0.284)	0.01
Systolic pressure (mmHg)	135 (130, 138)	138 (127, 142)	0.95
Diastolic pressure (mmHg)	81 (72, 86)	80 (69, 86)	0.64
R-R interval (s)	0.96 (0.93, 1.01)	0.89 (0.87, 0.92)	0.25

Median values and their inter-quartile range (25th and 75th percentiles). P values were derived with the paired signed rank test.