Multiple Mechanisms of Flaxseed: Effectiveness in Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Table 1

Disease activity index (DAI) scoring criteria.

Parameter	Scoring criteria
Weight loss	1–5%, 6–10%, 11–20%, > 21% = 0, 1, 2, 3
Stool	Normal, soft but still formed, very soft, diarrhoea = 0, 1, 2, 3
Bleed/occult	Normal, hemoccult positive, blood traces in stool visible, gross bleeding = 0, 1, 2, 3
DAI	(Weight loss + stool consistency + rectal bleeding)/3