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DAI scores.
| Fecal consistency | Fecal occult blood | Decrease in body weight (%) | Integral |
|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | Normal | 0 | 0 |
| 1–5 | 1 | ||
|
| |||
| Relaxed | Positive fecal occult blood | >5–10 | 2 |
| >10–15 | 3 | ||
|
| |||
| Loose stools | Naked eye fecal blood | >15 | 4 |
Normal stool: no diarrhea; loose stool: pasty, unformed stools that did not stick to the anus; and liquid stool: diarrhea/liquid stools that did stick to the anus (reproduced from Sang et al. [34] (under the Creative Commons Attribution License/public domain)).
