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

Table 4 Correlation coefficients for the various parameters

Clothing-related parameters	I _cl	T _chest	T _scapular	L _upper	L _lower	L _total	M _total	T _innermost
I _cl	1	−0.217^a	–	0.617	–	0.612	0.629	−0.413
T _chest	−0.217^a	1	0.228^a	–	–	–	−0.328	0.370
T _scapular	–	0.228^a	1	–	–	–	–	0.207^a
L _upper	0.617	–	–	1	–	0.996	0.723	−0.306
L _lower	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–
L _total	0.612	–	–	0.996	–	1	0.717	−0.306
M _total	0.629	−0.328	–	0.723	–	0.717	1	−0.535
T _innermost	−0.413	0.370	0.207^a	−0.306	–	−0.306	−0.535	1
t _a	−0.783	0.305	0.179^a	−0.765	–	−0.758	−0.849	0.578

Abbreviations: clo, Clothing units; I_cl, Level of clothing insulation; L_lower, The number of lower clothing layers; L_total, The number of total layers within an outfit; L_upper, The number of upper clothing layers; M_total, Total clothing mass; t_a, Air temperature; T_chest, Temperature on the chest; T_innermost, Temperature on the innermost layer of clothing; T_scapular, Temperature in the interscapular area.
^aSignificant at P < 0.05; all other values were significant at P <0.01.
Cells with ‘–’mean that no relationship occurred.

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