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. 2022 Oct 13;133(6):1250–1259. doi: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00391.2022

Table 1.

Descriptive data for the entire data set (1,944 sweat tests from 1,304 subjects)

Mean SD Median Range (Min to Max)
Dependent variable
 Whole body sweat sodium concentration, mmol/L 42.0 12.6 40.3 17–106
Independent variables
 Body mass, kg 82.34 20.51 78.67 38.50–164.20
 Age, yr 26 9 25 12–70
  Youth 16 1 16 12–17
  Adult 29 8 28 18–70
 Air temperature, °C 26.3 5.2 27.7 4.0–36.6
 Relative humidity, % 56 15 55 13–87
 Exercise duration, h 1.7 0.8 1.5 0.4–4.1
 Exercise fluid balance (% change in body mass from baseline) −0.80 0.85 −0.72 −4.38 to 2.86
 Energy expenditure, kcal/h* 542 244 537 82–1735
 Whole body sweating rate, L/h 1.09 0.50 1.03 0.19–5.64
*

Models 2 and 3 only.