Sweat output measurement of the post-ganglion sudomotor response by Q-Sweat Test: a normative database of Chinese individuals

Table 2 Results of correlation analysis between the sweat output response and demographic data

Spearman’s rho	Gender		Age		Body Height		Body Weight		Body Mass Index
Correlations	Cor. Coe.	Sig.	Cor. Coe.	Sig.	Cor. Coe.	Sig.	Cor. Coe.	Sig.	Cor. Coe.	Sig.
Skin temperature (°C)
Forearm	0.057	0.486	0.066	0.422	0.021	0.796	−0.049	0.796	−0.098	0.231
Proximal leg	0.182	0.026	0.190	0.020	0.109	0.183	−0.033	0.686	−0.033	0.686
Distal leg	0.132	0.107	0.145	0.077	0.079	0.339	0.027	0.742	−0.056	0.496
Foot	−0.012	0.885	−0.007	0.934	−0.054	0.515	0.120	0.144	0.180	0.028
Latency (min)
Forearm	−0.044	0.593	−0.140	0.087	−0.018	0.829	−0.115	0.162	−0.173	0.034
Proximal leg	−0.145	0.077	−0.055	0.502	−0.092	0.263	−0.103	0.210	−0.091	0.269
Distal leg	−0.143	0.081	−0.165	0.044	−0.119	0.146	−0.101	0.219	0.035	0.671
Foot	0.007	0.928	0.077	0.150	−0.096	0.244	−0.067	0.416	−0.010	0.905
Volume (μl)
Forearm	0.366	0.000*	0.170	0.037	0.287	0.000*	0.447	0.000*	0.357	0.000*
Proximal leg	0.448	0.000*	−0.064	0.436	0.397	0.000*	0.466	0.000*	0.282	0.000*
Distal leg	0.496	0.000*	−0.139	0.090	0.467	0.000*	0.478	0.000*	0.219	0.007*
Foot	0.455	0.000*	−0.218	0.007*	0.441	0.000*	0.514	0.000*	0.309	0.000*

Abbreviations: Sig, significance (tested by Spearman’s rho correlation analysis); Cor Coe, Correlation coefficient.
*Correlation was significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed).

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