Table 3.

Faecal lactobacilli counts (Log cfu/g) in the treatment groups at 15 day intervals

Group	Baseline	15th day of intervention	30th day of intervention	Percent change	P time‡	P group‡	P time*group‡
C	8.61±0.18	8.40±0.19	8.48±0.11	-1.22±1.51	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001
SM	8.46±0.17	8.38±0.17	8.61±0.12	1.92±1.61
PSM	8.85±0.29	9.59±0.27ab	10.81±0.25ab*†	22.47±6.40ab

C=Control; SM=Soy milk; PSM=Probiotic soy milk. Values are presented as Mean±SEM. One-way ANOVA: ^aP<0.05 vs. control in the same columns; ^bP<0.05 vs. SM group in the same columns. Repeated measures ANOVA: * P<0.05 vs. baseline in the same row; ^†P<0.05 vs. after 15 days of intervention in the same row; ^‡P_time, and P_group: Fixed factor; ^‡P_time*group: Interaction effect