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Personal protective equipment<br />

Table 1: Averages for the last 5 min of each trial, or from the last sampling period. Data are<br />

means (standard errors of the means).<br />

Variable Ensemble A Ensemble B Ensemble C Ensemble D<br />

Core temperature (°C) 38.30 (0.13) 38.25 (0.09) 38.30 (0.14) 38.70 (0.11)<br />

Skin temperature (°C) 37.24 (0.17) 37.25 (0.12) 37.16 (0.12) 37.59 (0.12)<br />

Heart rate (b.min -1 ) 126.8 (4.9) 121.5 (5.3) 126.6 (4.6) 136.0 (6.3)<br />

Body mass change (kg) 1.49 (0.22) * 1.39 (0.12) * 1.45 (0.09) * 1.59 (0.16)<br />

Perceived exertion (6-20) 11.0 (0.53) 11.1 (0.70) 11.4 (0.48) 11.9 (0.96)<br />

Thermal sensation (1-13) 10.7 (0.36) 10.9 (0.34) 11.1 (0.34) 10.4 (0.78)<br />

Thermal discomfort (1-5) 3.3 (0.42) 3.3 (0.50) 3.6 (0.25) 3.5 (0.55)<br />

Skin wetness (1-13) 10.9 (0.34) 11.1 (0.51) 11.1 (0.26) 11.3 (0.47)<br />

Skin wetness discomfort 3.1 (0.37) 3.1 (0.47) 3.4 (0.30) 3.5 (0.54)<br />

(1-5)<br />

Clothing discomfort (1-5) 3.3 (0.41) 3.1 (0.51) 3.4 (0.25) 3.5 (0.55)<br />

* significantly different from the existing CB ensemble (D; P

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