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. 2019 Jun 15;9(1):010504. doi: 10.7189/jogh.09.010504

Table 5.

Change in ORS and zinc stocking between 2014 and 2016

Proportion of outlets stocking (95% CI)
cOR (95% CI) aOR* (95% CI) P-value

2014
2016




N = 538
N = 588



Both ORS and zinc†
0.55 (0.51, 0.59)
0.60 (0.56, 0.64)
1.24 (1.01, 1.54)
1.22 (0.95, 1.55)
0.12
Any ORS‡
0.75 (0.71, 0.78)
0.73 (0.69, 0.77)
0.93 (0.71, 1.21)
0.86 (0.65, 1.13)
0.28
Any zinc§
0.62 (0.58, 0.66)
0.70 (0.67, 0.74)
1.45 (1.17, 1.81)
1.50 (1.14, 1.97)
<0.01
Co-pack
0.07 (0.05, 0.10)
0.06 (0.05, 0.09)
0.93 (0.55, 1.58)
1.03 (0.54, 1.96)
0.92
ORS sachet
0.74 (0.71, 0.78)
0.72 (0.68, 0.76)
0.89 (0.68, 1.16)
0.80 (0.60, 1.06)
0.12
Zinc tablet
0.60 (0.56, 0.64)
0.68 (0.65, 0.72)
1.44 (1.15, 1.79)
1.47 (1.11, 1.93)
0.01
Zinc syrup 0.04 (0.02, 0.06) 0.07 (0.05, 0.09) 1.87 (1.12, 3.15) 2.67 (1.42, 5.02) <0.01

cOR – crude odds ratio, aOR – adjusted odds ratio, ORS – oral rehydration salts

*Model was adjusted for region, outlet type, rural location, number of workers at the outlet, number of years operating, number of working days in a week, and number of working hours in a day.

†Both ORS and zinc is defined as stocking on the day of the interview either the co-pack or ORS sachets and zinc tablets or syrups.

‡Any ORS is defined as stocking on the day of the interview either the co-pack or ORS sachets.

§Any zinc is defined as stocking on the day of the interview either the co-pack or zinc tablets or syrups.