Table 1.
Parameter | Fingers II–V | P-value | |||
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Index | Middle | Ring | Small | ||
Tavg, mean ± SD | 28.3 ±3.6°C | 28.0 ±3.4°C | 28.0 ±3.3°C | 28.0 ±3.5°C | 0.97* |
ΔTavg, median (range) | 3.5 ±2.1°C | 3.8 ±1.9°C | 3.7 ±1.9°C | 3.8 ±2.0°C | 0.9* |
Capillaries/1 mm, median (range) | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 0.63** |
Capillaries vs. Tavg rho-Spearman (p-value) |
0.44 (< 0.001) | 0.45 (0.005) | 0.61 (< 0.001) | 0.55 (< 0.001) | |
Capillaries vs ΔTavg rho-Spearman (p-value) |
–0.39 (0.02) | –0.4 (0.014) | –0.54 (< 0.001) | –0.54 (< 0.001) |
ANOVA statistics, **Kruskal-Wallis test.