BioMed Research International

Research Article

Correlations between Repeated Use of Dry Sauna for 4 x 10 Minutes, Physiological Parameters, Anthropometric Features, and Body Composition in Young Sedentary and Overweight Men: Health Implications

Table 3

Correlations between anthropometric features and physiological parameters after successive sauna sessions (values in bold are statistically significant).


Traits	Sauna session	HR				Energy expend. [kcal]	VO₂		EPOC		Respiratory rate		Blood pressure
Traits	Sauna session	min	avg	max	max – min	Energy expend. [kcal]	avg	max	avg	peak	avg	max	SBP	DBP

Body height [cm]	1	-0.05	-0.08	-0.07	-0.03	-0.17	-0.04	-0.06	-0.14	-0.07	-0.10	-0.15	-0.24	-0.31
	2	0.12	-0.12	-0.12	-0.17	0.11	-0.08	-0.19	-0.25	-0.05	0.02	0.12	-0.22	-0.27
	3	0.13	0.14	0.18	-0.01	0.15	0.01	0.00	-0.06	-0.9	-0.13	-0.09	-0.14	-0.23
	4	-0.13	-0.16	-0.26	0.00	-0.08	-0.23	-0.19	-0.22	-0.22	-0.20	-0.15	-0.16	-0.29

Body mass [kg]	1	-0.10	-0.11	-0.08	0.01	-0.04	-0.01	0.00	-0.09	-0.05	-0.10	-0.09	0.53	0.32
	2	0.25	0.07	-0.12	-0.26	0.39	-0.13	-0.35	-0.07	-0.09	0.08	-0.01	0.52	0.36
	3	0.21	0.34	0.28	-0.02	0.66	0.01	-0.05	0.10	0.23	0.14	0.18	0.61	0.49
	4	0.36	0.44	0.31	-0.22	0.70	0.19	0.06	038	0.44	0.33	0.40	0.63	0.49

BMI (Body Mass Index) [kg/m²]	1	-0.08	-0.07	-0.05	0.01	0.04	0.02	0.03	-0.02	-0.02	-0.05	-0.01	0.71	0.50
	2	0.23	0.13	-0.07	-0.21	0.37	-0.09	-0.28	0.05	-0.07	0.08	-0.07	0.69	0.53
	3	0.20	0.33	0.25	-0.04	0.66	0.03	-0.03	0.17	0.24	0.24	0.26	0.75	0.66
	4	0.45	0.56	0.47	-0.05	0.81	0.31	0.16	0.51	0.59	0.45	0.51	0.77	0.68

BSA (Body Surface Area) [m²]	1	-0.09	-0.11	-0.08	-0.00	-0.06	-0.00	0.00	-0.10	-0.06	-0.10	-0.10	0.46	0.24
	2	0.25	0.04	-0.13	-0.27	0.37	-0.13	-0.35	-0.11	-0.09	0.06	0.00	0.45	0.29
	3	0.22	0.34	0.30	-0.02	0.64	0.02	-0.03	0.09	0.24	0.11	0.15	0.54	0.41
	4	0.32	0.37	0.23	-0.22	0.63	0.12	0.01	0.30	0.36	0.26	0.33	0.55	0.39

WHR (Waist-Hip Ratio)	1	-0.23	-0.13	-0.01	0.17	-0.05	-0.08	0.03	-0.02	-0.03	-0.12	-0.17	0.70	0.51
	2	0.25	0.15	-0.05	-0.21	0.35	-0.11	-0.31	0.03	-0.07	0.13	-0.08	0.71	0.59
	3	0.06	0.09	0.27	0.11	0.47	-0.14	-0.02	-0.01	0.08	0.09	0.21	0.72	0.61
	4	0.31	0.48	0.42	-0.11	0.54	0.33	0.24	0.47	0.55	0.31	0.40	0.79	0.68