Table 3.

Descriptive statistics of sweat absorption data for all T−shirt (synthetic) 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	3	13	8	8	5	13	133	35	60	64	13	144	75	77	65	42	157	90	96	58	36	152	97	95	58
Shoulders	0.032	0	11	3	5	6	1	22	2	9	12	0	43	4	16	24	12	60	50	41	25	11	73	28	38	32
Sleeves front	0.030	0	14	9	7	7	7	21	8	12	8	3	20	6	10	9	6	35	17	20	15	2	52	17	24	26
Chest medial	0.053	1	7	5	4	3	9	99	20	42	50	6	105	37	49	51	17	141	58	72	63	17	134	72	74	59
Chest lateral	0.040	0	12	6	6	6	1	36	6	14	19	1	42	2	15	23	4	99	13	39	52	12	111	13	45	57
Abdomen medial	0.043	0	17	3	7	9	0	6	3	3	3	0	2	1	1	1	4	99	6	36	54	3	147	6	52	82
Abdomen lateral	0.029	0	10	0	3	6	0	3	1	1	1	2	14	10	9	6	0	45	2	16	25	0	61	8	23	33
Low end front	0.062	0	5	3	3	3	0	3	1	1	1	0	2	1	1	1	0	3	3	2	2	0	33	3	12	18
Upper back	0.067	0	14	7	7	7	30	52	33	38	12	39	64	56	53	12	61	101	84	82	20	80	117	91	96	19
Sleeve back	0.037	3	24	17	15	11	9	33	22	21	12	14	39	17	23	13	24	53	41	39	15	20	58	51	43	20
Medial mid-back	0.048	0	20	7	9	0	36	73	40	50	0	24	104	39	56	0	49	115	95	86	0	69	124	118	104	0
Lateral mid-back	0.043	0	15	11	8	7	5	24	12	14	9	8	55	15	26	26	20	76	42	46	28	20	87	69	58	35
Medial lower-back	0.036	0	5	4	3	3	13	19	14	15	3	5	41	9	18	20	21	70	44	45	25	29	91	73	64	32
Lateral lower-back	0.032	1	11	3	5	6	0	9	1	3	5	1	13	7	7	6	12	33	17	21	11	0	35	20	18	17
Low end back	0.061	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	3	6	0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	70	0	23	40

T−shirt local sweat absorption data of 4 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