Relationship between Blood Stasis Syndrome Score and Cardioankle Vascular Index in Stroke Patients

Table 1

Diagnostic criteria for blood stasis syndrome (BSS).

Symptom	Score
	Male	Female
Dark-rimmed eyes	10	10
Areas of dark pigmentation of facial skin	2	2
Rough skin	2	5
Livid lips	2	2
Livid gingival	10	5
Livid tongue	10	10
Telangiectasis/vascular spiders	5	5
Subcutaneous hemorrhage	2	10
Palmar erythema	2	5
Resistance and tenderness on pressure of the left paraumbilical region	5	5
Resistance and tenderness on pressure of the right paraumbilical region	10	10
Resistance and tenderness on pressure of the umbilical region	5	5
Resistance and/or tenderness on pressure of the ileocecal region	5	2
Resistance and/or tenderness on pressureof the sigmoidal region	5	5
Resistance and/or tenderness on pressureof the subcostal region	5	5
Hemorrhoids	10	5
Dysmenorrhea	—	10

A total score larger than 20 is diagnosed as a BSS and that not exceeding 20 is diagnosed as a non-BSS. Mild symptoms are designated by half points.