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    • Environmental Health
    • Human Thermoregulation

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    • Understanding sex-based differences in physiological responses to heat stress is crucial for public health.
    • Previous assumptions suggested hormonal factors might explain these differences.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To investigate the underlying reasons for observed differences in heat stress responses between men and women.
    • To determine if hormonal factors or thermoregulatory mechanism utilization are responsible.
    • To assess the impact of the menstrual cycle on women's vulnerability to heat stress.

    Main Methods:

    • Comparative physiological measurements between male and female participants under heat stress conditions.
    • Analysis of heart rate and sweat rate variations.
    • Evaluation of thermoregulatory mechanism utilization.

    Main Results:

    • Significant differences in heart rate and sweat rate responses to heat stress were observed between sexes.
    • These disparities were attributed to distinct utilization patterns of available thermoregulatory mechanisms, not hormonal influences.
    • No evidence suggested increased vulnerability to heat stress in women due to menstruation.

    Conclusions:

    • Sex-based differences in thermoregulation during heat stress are primarily due to differential use of physiological mechanisms.
    • Hormonal factors do not appear to be the primary drivers of these sex-based differences.
    • Women's vulnerability to heat stress is not exacerbated by the menstrual cycle.