Dr. Matthew Mason: Further Information...
University Physiologist Tel: +44 (0)1223 333829, Fax: +44 (0)1223 333840, E-mail: mjm68@cam.ac.uk
Schwiening, C.J., Mason, M.J. & Thompson, M. (2011) Absolute power, not sex, promotes perspiration. Experimental Physiology 96: 556-558.
This letter was written in reply to Ichinose-Kuwahara et al. (2010) Sex differences in the effects of physical training on sweat gland responses during a graded exercise. Exp. Physiol. 95, 1026–1032. In that paper, the authors claim that they have identified a sex difference between the amount that men and women sweat when subject to different intensities of exercise. We point out that the data were compared for given relative exercise intensities, expressed as % VO2max. If the same data are re-analyzed and compared against absolute exercise intensity, the results seem explicable without reference to sex or training status.
To access our letter via the Experimental Physiology website, please click here.
Prof. Inoue, an author on the original study, replies to our letter here, outlining the results of further analysis.
Please contact me if you would like to be sent a copy of this letter.