Table 2

Peripheral and global oxygen consumption Vo2 before and after a bath

BeforeAfterDifferenceChange (%)p Value
Results are means with 95% confidence intervals (CI).
Forearm skin temperature (°C)33.833.2−0.6−1.80.001
95% CI33 to 34.632.4 to 34−1.31 to −0.039
Abdominal skin temperature (°C)3736.2−0.8−2.20.05
95% CI36.8 to 37.235.8 to 36.6−1.23 to −0.37
Peripheral Vo2 (mM O2.cm/min)1.471.81+0.34+23.10.001
95% CI1.11 to 1.831.44 to 2.180.207 to 0.405
Global Vo2 (ml/kg/min)7.8610.27+2.41+30.70.001
95% CI6.78 to 8.948.63 to 11.91.27 to 3.55