Table 1 Mean sweat-sodium concentrations for five professional team sports
From: Normative data on regional sweat-sodium concentrations of professional male team-sport athletes
Mean | SD | Lower | Upper | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(mmol∙L−1) | (mmol∙L−1) | (mmol∙L−1) | |||
Soccer (n = 270) | 43.2 | ± | 12.0 | 17 | 85 |
Rugby (n = 181) | 44.0 | ± | 12.1 | 20 | 83 |
A. Football (n = 60) | 50.4 | ± | 15.3* | 21 | 84 |
Baseball (n = 133) | 54.0 | ± | 14.0* | 29 | 92 |
Basketball (n = 52) | 48.3 | ± | 14.0* | 29 | 89 |
Overall mean (n = 696) | 44.4 | ± | 13.6 | 23.2 ± 5.5 | 86.6 ± 3.8 |