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. 2019 Jan 21;2019:7535140. doi: 10.1155/2019/7535140

Table 2.

Comparison of the arithmetic means of physiological parameters (N = 45) after every sauna session [differences in arithmetic means are highly statistically significant ∗)-post hoc LSD test].

Parameter Sauna session Difference
1 2 3 4
Mean SD min-max Mean SD min-max Mean SD min-max Mean SD min- max F p
H R min [bpm] 83.07 8.30 67-103 88.96 8.07 71-103 98.84 9.36 72-114 108.18 11.38 80-128 62.74 <0.001
H R avg [bpm] 98.00 7.41 84-114 109.67 6.44 97-121 121.36 5.63 102-131 133.36 5.54 116-145 261.92 <0.001
H R max [bpm] 115.51 9.44 92-131 129.16 8.30 110-150 135.73 6.03 122-147 144.82 5.80 135-168 120.05 <0.001
Recovery time [h] 0.20 0.40 0-1 0.84 0.47 0-2 1.71 0.51 1-3 2.69 0.51 1-3 231.04 <0.001
PTE-Peak Training Effect 1.22 0.13 1.0-1.7 1.51 0.21 1.2-2.0 1.90 0.18 1.4-2.2 2.26 0.19 2.0-2.7 282.74 <0.001
Energy expenditure [kcal] 73.04 12.36 52-94 93.82 10.91 74-109 114.91 8.95 91-134 131.40 10.85 109-153 246.40 <0.001
V O 2avg [mL/kg/min] 14.44 2.41 10-20 18.24 2.49 15-23 22.16 2.60 16-26 26.44 2.50 21-31 191.22 <0.001
V O 2max [mL/kg/min] 20.44 3.73 13-27 24.82 3.54 18-33 26.93 3.22 19-32 30.40 2.73 24-35 70.49 <0.001
E P O C avg [mL/kg] 1.78 0.70 1-4 3.27 1.59 1-7 6.53 2.51 2-13 12.89 3.76 5-20 186.67 <0.001
E P O C max [mL/kg] 3.93 1.47 2-8 7.69 2.62 4-14 13.58 3.92 7-22 25.31 6.71 14-39 226.34 <0.001
Respiratory r a t e avg [brpm] 17.18 1.35 15-20 18.93 1.63 15-23 20.87 1.47 18-25 23.44 1.85 20-27 128.96 <0.001
Respiratory r a t e max [brpm] 22.76 1.36 20-25 24.89 1.68 22-29 26.24 1.60 24-31 29.62 2.72 25-37 102.06 <0.001
Systolic blood pressure-SBP [mmHg] 128.40 8.74 110-145 132.02 8.04 115-147 135.51 8.01 119-151 140.67 7.55 126-158 18.74 <0.001
Diastolic blood pressure-DBP [mmHg] 82.89 6.55 72-96 85.31 6.07 73-103 88.93 7.12 75-110 94.27 9.00 80-121 20.82 <0.001
Physical effort
Easy <107 [bpm] 464.1 125.6 152-600 233.2 161.7 7-493 68.0 105.9 0-397 4.5 11.5 0-63 142.2 <0.001
Moderate 107-124 [bpm] 133.1 124.6 0-447 312.7 163.1 57-573 265.8 131.0 55-557 79.7 100.1 2-484 31.1 <0.001
Difficult 125-141 [bpm] 2.8 10.2 0-62 53.0 65.5 0-279 263.5 157.4 0-540 416.7 134.2 53-592 140.5 <0.001
Very Difficult 142-159 [bpm] 0.0 0.0 0-0 1.1 5.6 0-36 2.7 11.4 0-73 99.0 127.6 0-456 26.2 <0.001
Maximal ≥ 160 [bpm] All values are zero

∗ indicates that the difference between the first and the second sauna session was not significant only for DBP (close to significance, p = 0.115).