The patient group comprised 30 children with POTS, and the control group comprised 10 healthy children. Serum sodium and 24-hour urinary sodium excretion were measured in all children, and the relationship between 24-hour urinary sodium and symptom severity was analyzed in the 30 patients. At 1 month after initiation of salt supplementation, the receiver operating characteristic curve was used to explore the probability of correctly discriminating responders to salt supplementation from nonresponders using 24-hour urinary sodium excretion as an indicator.
Patients with POTS had lower 24-hour urinary sodium excretion than controls (P = .022). Symptom severity was negatively correlated with 24-hour urinary sodium excretion (OR, ?0.754; P = .000). The receiver operating characteristic curve demonstrated a sensitivity of 76.9 % and specificity of 93 % for correct prediction of responders and nonresponders to salt supplementation when a 24-hour urinary sodium excretion of 124 mmol/24 hours was used as the cutoff value.
Our results indicate that 24-hour sodium excretion of <124 mmol/24 hours is an indicator of the effectiveness of salt supplementation in children and adolescents with POTS.
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