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Table 5 Patient presentation depend on WBGT category

From: Spectator medicine at an international mega sports event: Rugby World Cup 2019 in Japan

WBGT (°C)

No. of match

Total number of spectator

Total number of visits to the spectator medical room

PPR

Total number of transfer to the hospital

Transfer to the hospital rate per 10,000 attendees

< 21

19

834,338

170

2.04*

17

0.20

21–25

19

654,687

187

2.86

13

0.20

25 <

7

215,418

92

4.27*

8

0.37

  1. PPR patient presentation rate per 10,000 attendees
  2. Kruskal-Wallis test for non-parametric analysis
  3. *p = 0.04