Table 3.

Percentage changes in laboratory test results after the first and second cycles of chemotherapy compared to pre-chemotherapy

	Post first cycle					Post second cycle
	Δmean (%)			P value		Δmean (%)			P value
	Control	Gln	Gln plus ED	Gln	Gln plus ED	Control	Gln	Gln plus ED	Gln	Gln plus ED
Weight	−3.54	−2.9	−0.38	0.89	0.11	−5.40	−3.9	1.70	0.73	0.01*
Prealbumin	20.59	2.61	8.79	0.59	0.79	16.74	7.89	21.34	0.82	0.95
RBP	33.54	32.61	19.75	1.00	0.91	32.47	27.66	26.25	0.96	0.94
Transferrin	−6.39	−18.35	−6.44	0.34	1.00	−8.48	−15.94	−2.38	0.67	0.76
Ferritin	102.93	186.13	183.79	0.41	0.43	283.18	246.26	383.87	0.98	0.85
Lymphocyte counts	−22.41	−27.82	−23.99	0.91	0.99	−14.37	−21.94	4.59	0.83	0.34
DAO	−6.81	−25.26	33.7	0.46	0.04*	−10.13	−27.17	26.68	0.56	0.10
HLA-DR	−4.35	−11.52	−11.04	0.72	0.75	−1.61	−2.84	−4.04	0.99	0.97
Th1	−20.79	−20.52	−17.06	1.00	0.86	−27.63	−26.08	−26.69	0.96	0.98
Th2	39.95	−7.18	−18.26	0.45	0.31	15.64	−3.97	−37.48	0.74	0.15
Th1/Th2	−2.51	1.9	30.14	0.98	0.38	−5.72	10.94	58.06	0.90	0.25
CD4	61.66	22.77	28.1	0.20	0.29	52.35	26.57	−0.05	0.46	0.07
CD8	−19.94	−14.38	−15.5	0.84	0.90	−15.35	−14.18	−2.77	0.99	0.28
CD4/CD8 ratio	139.99	103.77	62.91	0.87	0.54	96.77	97.47	8.99	1.00	0.37
CRP	328.85	1508.77	268.03	0.17	0.99	842.93	1592.76	68.73	0.55	0.53
Albumin	−2.73	−10.17	−8.27	0.19	0.37	−4.21	−12.14	−4.24	0.16	1.00
IgA	−22.42	−16.09	−22.73	0.51	1.00	−25.90	−23.75	−24.1	0.960	0.97
Glutamine	−13.64	2.9	0.87	0.23	0.31	−3.64	9.91	9.59	0.20	0.21
Histidine	−14.98	−4.50	−0.29	0.59	0.37	−13.67	2.22	0.03	0.16	0.25

CRP C-reactive protein, DAO diamine oxidase, ED elemental diet, Gln glutamine, IgA immunoglobulin A, RBP retinol binding protein, Th T helper cell

*p < 0.05