Table 5 Supraclavicular (SCV) and sternum (STR) skin temperature (°C) for cold, cool, and slightly cool condition.

From: Investigation of the relationship between BAT activity and thermal comfort under short-term cold temperature exposure

ROI

TSCV (°C)

TSTR (°C)

COND

Cold

Cool

Slightly cool

Cold

Cool

Slightly cool

MM

 10 min

33.8 ± 0.3

(33.4–34.3)

33.8 ± 0.6

(32.5–34.5)

34.7 ± 0.3a

(34.2–35.4)

33.1 ± 0.3

(32.6–33.7)

33.2 ± 0.5

(32.1–34)

34.3 ± 0.4#

(33.6–35)

 20 min

33.8 ± 0.4

(33.1–34.4)

33.7 ± 0.6

(32.5–34.2)

34.7 ± 0.3a

(34.1–35)

33 ± 0.5

(32.1–33.6)

32.9 ± 0.6

(31.7–33.7)

34.2 ± 0.3#

(33.5–34.6)

 30 min

33.7 ± 0.4

(33.1–34.3)

33.7 ± 0.9

(31.5–34.6)

34.6 ± 0.3a

(34–35)

32.8 ± 0.5

(32–33.6)

32.8 ± 1

(30.4–33.8)

33.9 ± 0.3#

(33.3–34.2)

 40 min

33 ± 0.3b

(32.7–33.7)

33.5 ± 0.8

(32–34.2)

34.3 ± 0.2a

(34–34.8)

31.9 ± 0.4$

(31.5–32.7)

32.5 ± 0.7

(31.3–33.3)

33.6 ± 0.2#

(33.3–34.1)

 50 min

32.8 ± 0.2b

(32.5–33)

33.7 ± 0.5

(32.4–34.4)

34.4 ± 0.3a

(34.1–34.8)

31.7 ± 0.3$

(31.3–32.3)

32.8 ± 0.4

(31.9–33.5)

33.7 ± 0.2#

(33.4–34)

 60 min

32.6 ± 0.3b

(32.1–33)

33.7 ± 0.7

(32.3–34.7)

34.2 ± 0.1a

(34.1–34.4)

31.5 ± 0.3$

(31–32)

32.8 ± 0.7

(31.4–33.8)

33.4 ± 0.1#

(33.3–33.6)

 70 min

32.8 ± 0.3c

(32.4–33.2)

33.9 ± 0.5

(33.1–34.5)

34.2 ± 0.2

(33.9–34.4)

31.7 ± 0.3$

(31.2–32.2)

33 ± 0.5

(32.1–33.5)

33.4 ± 0.1#

(33.3–33.5)

 80 min

33 ± 0.3c

(32.7–33.7)

33.8 ± 0.7

(32.6–34.7)

34.1 ± 0.3

(33.6–34.5)

31.9 ± 0.3$

(31.6–32.7)

32.8 ± 0.6

(31.7–33.4)

33.3 ± 0.3#

(32.7–33.6)

 90 min

32.9 ± 0.4c

(32.5–33.7)

33.8 ± 0.4

(33.1–34.4)

34 ± 0.3

(33.7–34.7)

31.8 ± 0.4^

(31.3–32.8)

32.9 ± 0.4

(32–33.3)

33.1 ± 0.3

(32.7–33.8)

 100 min

32.7 ± 0.3c

(32.4–33.3)

33.8 ± 0.5

(33.1–34.5)

34 ± 0.1

(33.7–34.2)

31.6 ± 0.3^

(31.3–32.3)

32.7 ± 0.6

(31.8–33.6)

33 ± 0.1

(32.9–33.2)

 110 min

32.7 ± 0.3c

(32.4–33.1)

33.8 ± 0.5

(33–34.5)

34 ± 0.1

(33.7–34.1)

31.6 ± 0.2^

(31.1–31.9)

32.8 ± 0.5

(32–33.5)

33 ± 0.2

(32.6–33.2)

 120 min

32.8 ± 0.2c

(32.5–33.2)

33.7 ± 0.4

(33.1–34.6)

33.8 ± 0.2

(33.5–34.2)

31.6 ± 0.2^

(31.2–31.9)

32.7 ± 0.6

(32–33.8)

32.8 ± 0.2

(32.3–33.2)

  1. Data presented as mean ± standard deviation (95% confidence interval). GR – group, COND – condition, MM – Measurement moment, supraclavicular in Cold condition (SCV-Cold), supraclavicular in Cool condition (SCV-Cool), supraclavicular in Slightly Cool condition (SCV-Slightly Cool), sternum in Cold condition (STR-Cold), sternum in Cool condition (STR-Cool), sternum in Slightly Cool condition (STR-Slightly Cool). ap ≤ 0.001 vs. SCV-Cold and SCV-Cool; bp ≤ 0.031 vs. SCV-Cool; cp ≤ 0.001 vs. SCV-Cool and SCV-Slightly Cool; #p ≤ 0.008 vs. STR-Cold and STR-Cool; $p ≤ 0.002 vs. STR-Cool; ^p ≤ 0.03 vs. STR-Cool and STR-Slightly Cool.
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