Clothing insulation and temperature, layer and mass of clothing under comfortable environmental conditions

Table 2 The results of ANOVA analysis and clothing microclimate temperature after 60 minutes of exposure ^a

t_a,°C (months)	T_chest,°C	T_scapular,°C	T_innermost,°C
14 (Mar/Apr)	31.6(3.00)^b,c	32.3(2.14)^b	28.6(2.17)^b,c,d
23 (Sept/Oct)	32.4(2.01)	32.2(1.54)^c	29.6(1.31)^b,d
25 (May/Jun)	33.1(1.78)^b	32.2(1.30)^d	30.2(1.36)^c,e
29 (Jul/Aug)	33.5(1.45)^c	33.4(0.86)^b,c,d	32.0(1.02)^d,d,e
F-value	4.355	3.901	22.269
P	0.006	0.011	0.000

Abbreviations: T_chest, Temperature on the chest; T_innermost, Temperature of the innermost layer of clothing; T_scapular, Temperature in the interscapular area.
^aData are mean (SD).
^b–dSuperscript letters indicate post hoc tests; identical letters mean the differences between air temperatures within each parameter.

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