Table 2. Details of the adults shown in order of level of bifidobacteria (lowest to highest). Results are shown as the average of triplet plates and three experiments.

Subject	Age (years)	Gender	Adult CFU/g–1	Adult BMI	Smoking	Alcohol	Meat*	Fruit & Veg*	Yoghurt*
Adult 1	65	Male	1.3 ± 4.68 × 106	30	Y	Y	1	1	1
Adult 2	48	Male	7 ± 63 × 106	31	Y	Y	1	1	1
Adult 3	43	Male	7 ± 9.5 × 106	29	Y	Y	1	1	1
Adult 4	43	Female	9.43 ± 4.11 × 107	23	Y	Y	1	2	2
Adult 5	52	Male	2.37 ± 5.2 × 108	20	N	Y	1	2	2
Adult 6	42	Male	2.47 ± 3.1 × 108	24	N	Y	1	2	2
Adult 7	41	Female	4.1 ± 1.54 × 108	22	Y	Y	1	2	2
Adult 8	60	Male	1.49 ± 0.3 × 109	30	N	Y	1	2	0
Adult 9	65	Male	2.5 ± 0.6 × 109	27	N	Y	1	2	0
Adult 10	58	Female	5.26 ± 0.91 × 109	21	N	N	1	2	2

*Meat, fruit, vegetable and yoghurt: 0: not part of diet, 1: part of diet (less than 3 times per week), 2: regular part of diet (more than 3 times per week)