Table 3

Incidence of different grades of diarrhoea in the glutamine and placebo groups according to the criteria of the National Cancer Institute

No (%) of patients
Glutamine (n=29)Placebo (n=33)
Grade 017 (58.6)14 (42.4)
Grade 1 5 (17.2)10 (30.3)
Grade 2 4 (13.8) 6 (18.2)
Grade 3 3 (10.3) 2 (6.1)
Grade 4 1 (3.0)