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 5

Correlations between body composition parameters relating to adipose tissue and physiological parameters after successive sauna sessions (values in bold are statistically significant).


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

PBF (Percent Body Fat) []	1	-0.27	-0.21	-0.12	0.09	-0.07	-0.15	-0.06	-0.15	-0.10	-0.22	-0.17	0.66	0.51
	2	0.13	0.07	-0.08	-0.14	0.26	-0.15	-0.29	0.02	-0.10	0.03	-0.13	0.69	0.55
	3	0.09	0.15	0.19	0.03	0.44	-0.04	0.02	0.12	0.15	0.18	0.23	0.69	0.60
	4	0.26	0.36	0.37	-0.08	0.52	0.23	0.14	0.34	0.42	0.20	0.30	0.77	0.66

BFM (Body Fat Mass) [kg]	1	-0.27	-0.23	-0.14	0.09	-0.13	-0.18	-0.10	-0.16	-0.11	-0.25	-0.20	0.61	0.44
	2	0.19	0.08	-0.08	-0.19	0.32	-0.16	-0.32	-0.04	-0.11	0.11	-0.05	0.64	0.51
	3	0.13	0.18	0.14	-0.03	0.53	-0.10	-0.10	0.07	0.09	0.15	0.17	0.67	0.58
	4	0.28	0.42	0.38	-0.09	0.59	0.27	0.17	0.38	0.46	0.30	0.38	0.74	0.64

FFM (Fat Free Mass) [kg]	1	0.14	0.07	0.02	-0.08	0.08	0.19	0.11	0.03	0.04	0.11	0.08	0.22	0.04
	2	0.22	0.03	-0.11	-0.23	0.29	-0.03	-0.22	-0.08	-0.02	0.01	0.04	0.17	0.04
	3	0.21	0.37	0.33	-0.00	0.53	0.12	0.04	0.09	0.29	0.08	0.11	0.27	0.18
	4	0.29	0.26	0.09	-0.27	0.54	0.01	-0.09	0.20	0.23	0.23	0.25	0.23	0.11

VFL (Visceral Fat Level) [kg]	1	-0.27	-0.21	-0.11	0.11	-0.12	-0.16	-0.06	-0.14	-0.09	-0.22	-0.19	0.62	0.45
	2	0.21	0.10	-0.09	-0.21	0.34	-0.14	-0.34	-0.03	-0.10	0.11	-0.06	0.64	0.51
	3	0.11	0.19	0.16	-0.01	0.53	-0.09	-0.10	0.07	0.11	0.15	0.18	0.67	0.58
	4	0.31	0.44	0.37	-0.13	0.59	0.28	0.18	0.41	0.48	0.31	0.39	0.74	0.64

Obesity Degree	1	-0.06	-0.07	-0.06	-0.01	0.05	0.03	0.03	-0.02	-0.02	-0.05	-0.00	0.71	0.48
	2	0.22	0.11	-0.07	-0.20	0.35	-0.11	-0.28	0.04	-0.09	0.07	-0.08	0.69	0.52
	3	0.19	0.33	0.23	-0.04	0.68	0.03	-0.04	0.17	0.23	0.23	0.24	0.75	0.65
	4	0.46	0.56	0.48	-0.24	0.82	0.31	0.16	0.52	0.59	0.46	0.50	0.77	0.68

BML (Body Mass Loss) [kg]	1	0.40	0.41	0.20	-0.13	0.59	0.32	-0.10	0.25	0.29	0.07	-0.11	0.36	0.25
	2	0.14	0.42	0.03	-0.08	0.55	0.28	0.08	0.34	0.27	0.33	0.07	0.35	0.21
	3	0.02	0.14	0.20	0.10	0.43	0.04	0.03	0.11	0.08	0.20	0.29	0.35	0.20
	4	0.12	0.26	0.01	-0.12	0.29	0.08	-0.13	0.20	0.11	0.10	0.06	0.33	0.25