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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Hyg Environ Health. 2022 Dec 26;248:114107. doi: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2022.114107

Table 2.

Participant Dehydration Status Pre- and Post-Heat-Intensive Day

Instructor (N=6) Student (N=12*) Total (N=18)
Urine specific gravity pre-heat day
- Mean (SD) 1.018 (0.010) 1.018 (0.009) 1.018 (0.009)
- Min − Max 1.005 - 1.030 1.007 - 1.033 1.005 - 1.033
Pre-heat day dehydration status
- Euhydrated (< 1.020) 3 (50.0%) 8 (66.7%) 11 (61.1%)
- Dehydrated (1.020-1.030) 1 (16.7%) 2 (16.7%) 3 (16.7%)
- Severely dehydrated (> 1.030) 2 (33.3%) 2 (16.7%) 4 (22.2%)
Urine specific gravity post-heat day
- Mean (SD) 1.023 (0.010) 1.022 (0.009) 1.023 (0.009)
- Min − Max 1.008 - 1.036 1.004 - 1.034 1.004 - 1.036
Post-heat day dehydration status
- Euhydrated (< 1.020) 2 (33.3%) 4 (33.3%) 6 (33.3%)
- Dehydrated (1.020-1.030) 3 (50.0%) 5 (41.7%) 8 (44.4%)
- Severely dehydrated (> 1.030) 1 (16.7%) 3 (25.0%) 4 (22.2%)
Percent change in urine specific gravity pre- to post-heat day
- Mean (SD) 0.496 (0.998) 0.404 (0.724) 0.434 (0.797)
- Min − Max −0.485 - 2.069 −0.883 - 1.390 −0.883 - 2.069
*

Data are missing from 6 students who provided baseline data