Does Gender Influence Physiological Tolerance in Resuscitators When Using Personal Protection Equipment against Biological Hazards?

Table 5

Distribution of the means of the differences of the measured values and their confidence intervals according to tolerance and gender, as well as their statistical significance and values of the created models.

	Gender	Mean	SD	95% IC	p
HR (bpm)	Male	14.98	10.49	11.72; 18.23	0.273
	Female	8.89	10.94	6.03; 11.76
SBP (mmHg)	Male	-3.55	13.84	-7.84; 0.74	0.902
	Female	-4.95	12.02	-8.10; -1.80
DBP (mmHg)	Male	-2.43	7.57	-4.77; -0.08	0.798
	Female	-0.84	8.26	-3.00; 1.32
TT (°C)	Male	0.66	0.48	0.51; 0.80	0.811
	Female	0.48	0.42	0.37; 0.59
Hb (mg/dL)	Male	0.66	0.96	0.36; 0.95	0.279
	Female	0.36	1.14	0.06; 0.66
PI (%)	Male	3.43	3.97	2.20; 4.66	0.608
	Female	3.18	3.62	2.23; 4.12
LA (mmol/L)	Male	1.53	3.18	0.54; 2.51	0.122
	Female	1.05	1.85	0.57; 1.54

N: number; TT: tympanic temperature; HR: heart rate; bpm: beats per minute; SBP: systolic blood pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; Hb: hemoglobin; PI: perfusion index; LA: lactic acid; SD: standard deviation.