Postprandial response of bone turnover markers in patients with Crohn’s disease

Table 1 Components of Crohn’s disease activity index¹

Clinical or laboratory variable	Weighting factor
Number of liquid or soft stools each day for seven days	× 2
Abdominal pain (graded from 0-3 on severity) each day for seven days	× 5
General well being, subjectively assessed from 0 (well) to 4 (terrible) each day for seven days	× 7
Presence of complications1	× 20
Taking diphenoxylate and atropine (lomotil) or opiates for diarrhea	× 30
Presence of an abdominal mass (0 as none, 2 as questionable, 5 as definite)	× 10
Hematocrit of < 0.47 in men and < 0.42 in women	× 6
Percentage deviation from standard weight	× 1

¹The index consists of eight factors, each summed after adjustment with a weighting factor. Remission of Crohn's disease is defined as Crohn’s disease activity index below 150.