Sharma 1998.

Methods	RCT Generation of allocation sequence: randomized Allocation concealment: not reported Blinding: none Inclusion of participants in analysis: > 90% Duration: not stated
Participants	Number of participants: 100 enrolled Inclusion criteria: age 7 to 36 months; acute diarrhoea; some dehydration; non‐cholerae; weight > 80% of reference standard Exclusion criteria: presence of bloody diarrhoea; presence of systemic illness; severe dehydration; malnutrition; abdominal distension
Interventions	Glucose ORS: 50 participants. Rice ORS: 50 participants.
Outcomes	Total stool output (g, not in g/kg) in first 24 hours. Duration of diarrhoea. Number of participants with unscheduled intravenous fluid.
Glucose‐based ORS osmolarity	≥ 310 mOsm/L
Setting	Hospital‐based trial Location: Rohtak, India
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Risk of bias
Bias	Authors' judgement	Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias)	Unclear risk	Randomized
Allocation concealment (selection bias)	Unclear risk	Not reported
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) All outcomes	High risk	Participants, providers, outcome assessors were not blinded
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) All outcomes	High risk	Participants, providers, outcome assessors were not blinded
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes	Low risk	The trial included all randomized participants in the analysis
Selective reporting (reporting bias)	Low risk	The trial reported over 90% of the included participants in the final analysis
Other bias	Unclear risk	We did not detect any other sources of bias