Table 2.
Daily sunburns and UV-B dose experienced by participants and mean proportion of each day spent outside by all participants during the 3 periods (days 0-7, days 8-17, and days 18-28).
| Variables | Days 0-7 | Days 8-17 | Days 18-28 | P valuea | |||
| Population, n | 42 | 42 | 42 | N/Ab | |||
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Number of sunburns, n (%) | .55 | |||||
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0 | 24 (57) | 27 (64) | 25 (59) |
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1 | 12 (29) | 8 (19) | 8 (19) |
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2 | 4 (10) | 5 (12) | 6 (14) |
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More than 2 | 2 (5) | 2 (5) | 3 (7) |
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UV-B daily dose (J/m2), mean (SD)c | 91.96 (115.34) | 74.97 (82.32) | 62.73 (71.44) | .08 | ||
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Proportion of each day spent outside, mean (SD) | 0.87 (0.19) | 0.84 (0.21) | 0.81 (0.24) | .05 | ||
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6-7:59 AM | 0.15 (0.25) | 0.14 (0.20) | 0.14 (0.21) | .93 | |
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8-9:59 AM | 0.19 (0.21) | 0.18 (0.20) | 0.18 (0.22) | .93 | |
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10-11:59 AM | 0.33 (0.28) | 0.31 (0.23) | 0.31 (0.22) | .74 | |
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Noon-1:59 PM | 0.43 (0.29) | 0.41 (0.22) | 0.36 (0.24) | .20 | |
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2-3:59 PM | 0.44 (0.26) | 0.37 (0.19) | 0.39 (0.25) | .24 | |
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4-5:59 PM | 0.47 (0.27) | 0.45 (0.30) | 0.48 (0.28) | .67 | |
aP values are from the main effects of time from repeated measures general linear models (log or identity link).
bN/A: not applicable.
cThe UV device malfunctioned for 1 person; thus, the participant’s data were removed.