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Relation of body surface area-to-mass ratio to risk of exertional heat stroke in healthy men and women

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: With the impacts of climate change yielding higher average ambient temperatures over time, the incidence of EHS for individuals participating in outdoor activities may consequently increase. With the larger sample size in this study compared with prior research in this field, we were able to use various methods that had not been applied before. For example, we were able to mutually adjust for different measurements of body size to understand which metric had the highest association with EHS risk. Understanding factors that may be modifiable may be important for developing interventions to counteract the increased risk of EHS associated with climate change.

Source: Journal of Applied Physiology

DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00597.2023

Authors: Kathryn M. Taylor, Gabrielle E. W. Giersch, Aaron R. Caldwell, Yoram Epstein, Nisha Charkoudian

Institutions: U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Tel Aviv University

Language: English

Topic: Thermoregulation and physiological responses

Subfield: Physiology

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDGs: Good health and well-being, Climate action

Open Access status: hybrid

Funders: U.S. Army, U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command