Core body temperature and skin temperature
COLD
In parallel, we tested whether core body temperature was influenced by prednisone or mild cold exposure. Tympanic temperature as a surrogate marker of core body temperature was 36.6 °C (95% CI 36.4–36.7 °C) after placebo and 36.6 °C (95% CI 36.4–36.8 °C) after prednisone treatment. After cold exposure it remained at 36.6 °C (95% CI 36.5–36.8 °C) and 36.7 °C (95% CI 36.6–36.9 °C), respectively (2-way ANOVA p = 0.17 for treatment and p = 0.13 for cold exposure, 