Table 2.

Thermal and Hemodynamic Variables during Whole Body Heating

	Baseline CHF	Control	Warm CHF	Control	WBH CHF	Control	P for Heating	P for Groups	P for Interaction
SBP (mmHg)	116±5	123±4	109±3^*	117±3^*	110±3^*	118±3	0.001	0.152	0.761
DBP (mmHg)	68±3	74±2	62±2^*	69±2^*	59±3^*^†	68±2^*	0.001	0.049	0.443
MAP (mmHg)	84±4	90±3	78±2^*	85±2^*	76±3^*^†	85±2^*	0.001	0.057	0.547
HR (beats/min)	63±2	58±3	67±3	68±4^*	73±4^*	77±4^*	0.001	0.972	0.016
Tsk (C°)	33.7±0.2	34.0±0.1	37.6±0.2^*^†	38.0±0.1^*	38.0±0.1^*	38.2±0.1^*	0.001	0.005	0.206
Tcore (C°)	36.6±0.1	36.8±0.1	36.8±0.1^*	36.9±0.1^*	37.3±0.1^*	37.4±0.1^*	0.001	0.109	0.925
Tbody (C°)	36.3±0.1	36.5±0.1	36.8±0.1^*	37.0±0.1^*	37.4±0.1^*	37.5±0.1^*	0.001	0.506	0.478

Mean arterial blood pressure (MAP) was calculated as two-third diastolic blood pressure (DBP) plus one-third systolic blood pressure (SBP), measured by auscultation of the brachial artery. HR: heart rate. Tsk: Mean skin temperature. Tcore: Internal temperature. Mean body temperature (Tbody) was calculated as follows: 0.9×Tcore + 0.1×Tsk. Warm: an early period of heating. WBH: the last 5-min of whole body heating

: significantly different from normothermic Baseline (P<0.05).

^†

: significantly different from Control subjects (P<0.05).