Table 2.
Parameters and weightings for the capsule endoscopy scoring index[39]
| Parameters | Number | Longitudinal extent | Descriptors | |
| First tertile | Villous appearance | Normal = 0 | Short segment = 8 | Single = 1 |
| Edematous = 1 | Long segment = 12 | Patchy = 14 | ||
| Whole segment = 20 | Diffuse = 17 | |||
| Ulcer | None = 0 | Short segment = 8 | < ¼ = 9 | |
| Single = 3 | Long segment = 12 | ¼ to ½ =12 | ||
| Few = 5 | Whole segment = 20 | > ½ = 18 | ||
| Multiple = 10 | ||||
| Second tertile | Villous appearance | Normal = 0 | Short segment = 8 | Single = 1 |
| Edematous = 1 | Long segment = 12 | Patchy = 14 | ||
| Whole segment = 20 | Diffuse = 17 | |||
| Ulcer | None = 0 | Short segment = 8 | < ¼ = 9 | |
| Single = 3 | Long segment = 12 | ¼ to ½ = 12 | ||
| Few = 5 | Whole segment = 20 | > ½ = 18 | ||
| Multiple = 10 | ||||
| Villous appearance | Normal = 0 | Short segment = 8 | Single = 1 | |
| Edematous = 1 | Long segment = 12 | Patchy = 14 | ||
| Whole segment = 20 | Diffuse = 17 | |||
| Ulcer | None = 0 | Short segment = 8 | < ¼ = 9 | |
| Single = 3 | Long segment = 12 | ¼ to ½ =12 | ||
| Few = 5 | Whole segment = 20 | > ½ = 18 | ||
| Multiple = 10 | ||||
| Third tertile | Villous appearance | Normal = 0 | Short segment = 8 | Single = 1 |
| Edematous = 1 | Long segment = 12 | Patchy = 14 | ||
| Whole segment = 20 | Diffuse = 17 | |||
| Ulcer | None = 0 | Short segment = 8 | < ¼ = 9 | |
| Single = 3 | Long segment = 12 | ¼ to ½ =12 | ||
| Few = 5 | Whole segment = 20 | > ½ = 18 | ||
| Multiple = 10 | ||||
| Stenosis-rated for whole study | Stenosis | None = 0 | Ulcerated = 24 | Traversed = 7 |
| Single = 14 | Non-ulcerated = 2 | Not traversed = 10 | ||
| Multiple = 20 |