Fig. 1.
Correlation coefficients (r) for associations between thermoregulatory responses and the relevant independent variables. *P < 0.05; †P ≤ 0.001. BF%, body fat percentage; LBM, lean body mass; TBM, total body mass; leg LM, lean mass of the exercising legs; V̇o2 max, maximum rate of oxygen uptake; Hprod, rate of metabolic heat production; WBSL, whole body sweat loss; Ereq, evaporative heat balance requirements; Emax, maximum rate of evaporation to the environment; LSRss, steady-state local sweat rate. ND, no denomination.