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. 2014 Feb 10;9(2):e78566. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0078566

Table 4. Effects on the number of Peyer's lymph gland and organ weights in mice after 30 days of feeding.

	Negative control	Parental corn	GM corn	Positive control
Number of Peyer's lymph gland	9.0±2.2	7.8±2.5	9.1±1.9	7.9±2.0
Liver
Absolute weight (g)	0.719±0.064	0.723±0.155	0.731±0.116	0.708±0.427
Relative weight (%)	3.886±0.262	3.854±0.875	3.839±0.596	4.036±0.215
Kidney
Absolute weight (g)	0.222±0.014	0.229±0.017	0.227±0.015	0.216±0.015
Relative weight (%)	1.201±0.076	1.213±0.075	1.194±0.082	1.228±0.074
Spleen
Absolute weight (g)	0.071±0.018^d	0.066±0.008^d	0.066±0.007^d	0.034±0.006^a ^, ^b ^, ^c
Relative weight (%)	0.382±0.084^d	0.348±0.043^d	0.344±0.020^d	0.191±0.031^a ^, ^b ^, ^c
Thymus
Absolute weight (g)	0.034±0.010^d	0.036±0.007^d	0.037±0.007^d	0.021±0.007^a ^, ^b ^, ^c
Relative weight (%)	0.182±0.057^d	0.193±0.040^d	0.192±0.032^d	0.118±0.041^a ^, ^b ^, ^c
Lymph gland
Absolute weight (g)	0.009±0.005^d	0.008±0.003	0.010±0.005^d	0.005±0.003^a ^, ^c
Relative weight (%)	0.049±0.023^d	0.041±0.015	0.052±0.027^d	0.030±0.016^a ^, ^c

Note: Data are given as mean ± SD (n = 10).

^a

: statistically significant different from the negative control group at p<0.05;

^b

: statistically significant different from the parental corn group at p<0.05;

^c

: statistically significant different from the GM corn group at p<0.05;

^d

: statistically significant different from the positive control group at p<0.05.