The effect of female breast surface area on heat‐activated sweat gland density and output

Autor: Hannah Blount, Alessandro Valenza, Jade Ward, Silvia Caggiari, Peter R. Worsley, Davide Filingeri
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Experimental Physiology, Vol 109, Iss 8, Pp 1330-1340 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1469-445X
0958-0670
DOI: 10.1113/EP091850
Popis: Abstract Female development includes significant morphological changes across the breast. Yet, whether differences in breast surface area (BrSA) modify sweat gland density and output remains unclear. The present study investigated the relationship between BrSA and sweat gland density and output in 22 young to middle‐aged women (28±10 years) of varying breast sizes (BrSA range: 147–561 cm2) during a submaximal run in a warm environment (32 ±0.6°C; 53 ±1.7% relative humidity). Local sweat gland density and local sweat rate (LSR) above and below the nipple and at the bra triangle were measured. Expired gases were monitored for the estimation of evaporative requirements for heat balance (Ereq, in W/m2). Associations between BrSA and (i) sweat gland density; (ii) LSR; and (iii) sweat output per gland for the breast sites were determined via correlation and regression analyses. Our results indicated that breast sweat gland density decreased linearly as BrSA increased (r = −0.76, P
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