Table 1.

Whole‐body and regional sweat sodium concentration and sweating rate for all subjects combined

	Sweat [Na+] (mmol/L)	Sweating Rate (mg/cm2/min)
Whole‐body	41.1 ± 15.6	0.805 ± 0.218
Dorsal forearm	51.3 ± 21.5*	1.684 ± 1.061*
Ventral forearm	41.2 ± 21.8	1.950 ± 1.022*
Upper Arm	50.7 ± 21.7*	0.973 ± 0.549
Chest	62.5 ± 22.9*	1.364 ± 0.614*
Upper Back	64.1 ± 23.0*	1.644 ± 0.704*
Thigh	40.8 ± 18.2	0.923 ± 0.440
Calf	37.6 ± 19.6	0.720 ± 0.387

n = 49 for all except upper arm (n = 48). [Na⁺], sodium concentration.

^* p < .0001 vs. whole‐body (one‐way ANOVA with Dunnett's post hoc).