Table 2.

Descriptive statistics of sweat absorption data for all the T-shirt (cotton) regions of interest. Reported data are in g m⁻²

	Area	10 min					20 min					30 min					40 min					50 min
	m2	Min	Max	Median	Mean	SD	Min	Max	Median	Mean	SD	Min	Max	Median	Mean	SD	Min	Max	Median	Mean	SD	Min	Max	Median	Mean	SD
Collar	0.017	0	133	14	40	49	33	208	113	115	68	28	239	129	146	79	53	251	176	177	67	53	318	174	171	93
Shoulders	0.032	2	25	8	10	7	15	52	27	29	14	21	102	42	50	30	35	148	108	95	41	32	173	104	103	58
Sleeves front	0.030	5	20	9	10	5	5	48	18	21	13	14	61	21	31	19	7	89	32	43	28	13	133	41	57	44
Chest medial	0.053	7	57	11	18	18	19	206	75	101	72	25	258	135	139	92	55	250	191	172	82	44	245	203	171	83
Chest lateral	0.040	5	15	9	9	4	6	83	15	31	28	17	132	37	55	46	17	200	106	106	79	26	242	105	115	82
Abdomen medial	0.043	4	21	10	10	5	6	52	17	23	17	9	258	24	68	90	6	257	115	122	106	7	275	97	117	104
Abdomen lateral	0 029	1	7	6	5	2	5	13	10	9	2	5	60	11	16	18	4	77	17	26	26	4	207	13	45	70
Low end front	0.062	0	9	5	5	2	4	99	6	17	33	5	10	7	7	1	3	12	5	7	3	4	62	23	24	20
Upper back	0.067	0	53	16	23	20	44	121	78	75	27	70	222	124	128	58	120	231	166	174	44	64	228	178	162	59
Sleeve back	0.037	7	35	19	19	9	15	69	43	41	16	31	122	55	66	30	38	138	76	89	40	51	195	89	102	47
Medial mid-back	0.048	10	87	23	35	29	46	184	125	124	40	69	265	195	181	78	119	271	223	209	52	134	271	230	215	50
Lateral mid-back	0.043	10	34	15	18	8	18	82	46	52	26	27	172	103	98	52	51	236	132	142	71	51	254	163	161	72
Medial lower-back	0.036	7	62	16	22	18	19	156	51	65	42	8	89	29	44	33	88	277	168	177	70	117	290	187	198	63
Lateral lower-back	0.032	1	23	8	9	7	8	51	23	23	14	8	89	29	44	33	9	200	54	77	68	18	235	66	94	86
Low end back	0.061	2	7	5	5	1	3	10	6	6	2	6	12	9	9	2	4	123	7	23	41	3	243	9	49	82

T−shirt local sweat absorption data of 8 male athletes are reported for 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 min run durations Minimum (min) and maximum (max) values, along with median, mean and standard deviation (SD) is reported for each region of interest