Table 3

Results of moderate limb cooling

BeforeAfterDifferenceChange (%)p Value
Results are means with 95% confidence intervals (CI).
Forearm skin temperature (°C)33.229.2−4−120.001
95% CI32.4 to 3428.7 to 29.7−3.4 to −4.6
Abdominal skin temperature (°C)36.736.5−0.2−0.5N/S
95% CI36.3 to 37.136.0 to 37.0−0.2 to +0.5
Peripheral Vo2 (mM O2.cm/min)1.010.66−0.35−34.70.01
95% CI0.78 to 1.240.53 to 0.79−0.12 to −0.58
Global Vo2 (ml/kg/min)8.810.35+1.55+17.60.01
95% CI8.02 to 9.589.43 to 1.270.47 to 2.6