Research Article

Resistant Maltodextrin Alleviates Dextran Sulfate Sodium-Induced Intestinal Inflammatory Injury by Increasing Butyric Acid to Inhibit Proinflammatory Cytokine Levels

Table 1

Scoring standards for the disease activity index (DAI)1,2.

ScoreWeight loss (%)Stool consistencyFaecal blood content

0NoneNormalNormal
10-5
25-10Loose stoolOccult blood
310-20
4>20DiarrhealHaemorrhage/gross bleeding

1The DAI score was defined as the sum of scoring from weight loss (%), stool consistency, and faecal blood content. 2Refer to Park et al. with modification [26].