Table 2 Crohn’s Disease Activity Index [14]

1

No. of liquid or soft stools (each day for 7 days)

×2

2

Abdominal pain, sum of seven daily ratings

(0 = none, 1 = mild, 2 = moderate, 3 = severe)

×5

3

Abdominal mass (0 = no, 2 = questionable, 5 = definite)

×10

4

General well-being, sum of seven daily ratings

(0 = generally well, 1 = slightly under par)

×7

5

Hematocrit (males 47%, females 42%)

×6

6

Body weight (1-weight/standard weight) (add or subtract according to sign)

×100

7

Use of diphenoxylate or loperamide for diarrhea (0 = no, 1 = yes)

×30

8

Number of listed complications (arthritis or arthralgia, iritis or uveitis, erythema nodosum or pyoderma gangrenosum or aphthous stomatitis, anal fissure or fistula or abscess, other fistula, fever over 37.8 °C).

×20