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Statistical Analysis of the Axillary Temperatures Measured by a Predictive Electronic Thermometer in Healthy Japanese Adults

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  • Tatsuya Yoshihara

    (SOUSEIKAI Fukuoka Mirai Hospital Clinical Research Center, Kashiiteriha 3-5-1, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 813-0017, Japan)

  • Masayoshi Zaitsu

    (Department of Public Health, Dokkyo Medical University School of Medicine, 880 Kitakobayashi, Mibu-machi, Shimotsuga-gun, Tochigi 321-0293, Japan)

  • Kazuya Ito

    (SOUSEIKAI Clinical Epidemiological Research Center, Kashiiteriha 3-5-1, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 813-0017, Japan
    College of Healthcare Management, Takayanagi 960-4, Setaka-machi, Miyama 835-0018, Japan)

  • Eunhee Chung

    (SOUSEIKAI Global Clinical Research Center, Kashiiteriha 3-5-1, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 813-0017, Japan)

  • Mayumi Matsumoto

    (SOUSEIKAI Fukuoka Mirai Hospital Clinical Research Center, Kashiiteriha 3-5-1, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 813-0017, Japan)

  • Junko Manabe

    (SOUSEIKAI Fukuoka Mirai Hospital Clinical Research Center, Kashiiteriha 3-5-1, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 813-0017, Japan)

  • Takashi Sakamoto

    (SOUSEIKAI Fukuoka Mirai Hospital Clinical Research Center, Kashiiteriha 3-5-1, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 813-0017, Japan)

  • Hiroshi Tsukikawa

    (SOUSEIKAI Fukuoka Mirai Hospital Clinical Research Center, Kashiiteriha 3-5-1, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 813-0017, Japan)

  • Misato Nakagawa

    (SOUSEIKAI Fukuoka Mirai Hospital Clinical Research Center, Kashiiteriha 3-5-1, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 813-0017, Japan)

  • Masami Shingu

    (SOUSEIKAI Fukuoka Mirai Hospital Clinical Research Center, Kashiiteriha 3-5-1, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 813-0017, Japan)

  • Shunji Matsuki

    (SOUSEIKAI Fukuoka Mirai Hospital Clinical Research Center, Kashiiteriha 3-5-1, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 813-0017, Japan)

  • Shin Irie

    (SOUSEIKAI Fukuoka Mirai Hospital Clinical Research Center, Kashiiteriha 3-5-1, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 813-0017, Japan)

Abstract

Body temperature is important for diagnosing illnesses. However, its assessment is often a difficult task, considering the large individual differences. Although 37 °C has been the gold standard of body temperature for over a century, the temperature of modern people is reportedly decreasing year by year. However, a mean axillary temperature of 36.89 ± 0.34 °C reported in 1957 is still cited in Japan. To assess the measured axillary temperature appropriately, understanding its distribution in modern people is important. This study retrospectively analyzed 2454 axillary temperature measurement data of healthy Japanese adults in 2019 (age range, 20–79 years; 2258 males). Their mean temperature was 36.47 ± 0.28 °C (36.48 ± 0.27 °C in males and 36.35 ± 0.31 °C in females). Approximately 5% of the 20–39-year-old males had body temperature ≥37 °C, whereas 8% had a temperature ≥ 37 °C in the afternoon. However, none of the subjects aged ≥50 years reported body temperature ≥37 °C. In multivariable regression analysis, age, blood pressure, pulse rate, and measurement time of the day were associated with axillary temperature. Our data showed that the body temperature of modern Japanese adults was lower than that reported previously. When assessing body temperature, the age, blood pressure, pulse rate, and measurement time of the day should be considered.

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  • Tatsuya Yoshihara & Masayoshi Zaitsu & Kazuya Ito & Eunhee Chung & Mayumi Matsumoto & Junko Manabe & Takashi Sakamoto & Hiroshi Tsukikawa & Misato Nakagawa & Masami Shingu & Shunji Matsuki & Shin Irie, 2021. "Statistical Analysis of the Axillary Temperatures Measured by a Predictive Electronic Thermometer in Healthy Japanese Adults," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(10), pages 1-8, May.
  • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:18:y:2021:i:10:p:5096-:d:552650
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    1. Anming Chen & Jia Zhu & Qunxiong Lin & Weiqiang Liu, 2022. "A Comparative Study of Forehead Temperature and Core Body Temperature under Varying Ambient Temperature Conditions," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(23), pages 1-18, November.

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