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. 2019 Feb 27;14(2):e0212966. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0212966

Table 2. Tre and Tb at the onset of sweating and slopes of regression lines determined after plotting average LSR against Tre and Tb during exercise at fixed intensity (study 1) and during the RPE clamp exercise (study 2).

CON CWI ICE P-value
Onset of sweating (min) 1.8 ± 1.8* # 6.4 ± 2.2# 2.7 ± 1.6* <0.001
Tre sweat threshold (°C) 37.0 ± 0.3* # 37.1 ± 0.2# 36.8 ± 0.3* <0.001
Tb sweat threshold (°C) 36.5 ± 0.3 36.5 ± 0.3 36.5 ± 0.4 0.973
Tre sweat sensitivity (mg∙cm-2∙min-1∙°C-1) 1.51 ± 0.61* 1.89 ± 0.82 1.42 ± 0.68* 0.001
Tb sweat sensitivity (mg∙cm-2∙min-1∙°C-1) 1.18 ± 0.42* 1.36 ± 0.55 1.39 ± 0.63 0.007

CON, control; CWI, cold water immersion; ICE, ice slushy ingestion; Tre, rectal temperature; Tb, weighted mean body; LSR, average local sweat rate for arm and thigh

* p<0.05 versus CWI

# p<0.05 versus ICE. Data are mean ± SD for n = 19 from study 1 and 2. See S5 Table for effect sizes (Cohen’s d) calculated from mean differences between conditions and pooled SD.