Table 17.

Relative organ weights in male and female Wistar Han RCC rats in the combined chronic toxicity/carcinogenicity feeding trial with GM maize NK603 at an inclusion rate of 11 and 33% in the diet (at t = 12 months)

Organ	Relative organ weights (organ weight/body weight × 100)
	33% Control	11% NK603	33% NK603	11% NK603 + Roundup	33% NK603 + Roundup
Male rats
Adrenal glands	0.009 ± 0.001	0.009 ± 0.001	0.009 ± 0.001	0.008 ± 0.001	0.009 ± 0.001
Brain	0.38 ± 0.03	0.40 ± 0.05	0.39 ± 0.04	0.37 ± 0.04	0.39 ± 0.04
Epididymides	0.22 ± 0.02	0.24 ± 0.03a	0.22 ± 0.03	0.21 ± 0.03	0.23 ± 0.03
Heart	0.20 ± 0.01	0.21 ± 0.02	0.22 ± 0.02	0.20 ± 0.01	0.20 ± 0.01
Kidneys	0.45 ± 0.04	0.47 ± 0.04	0.48 ± 0.08	0.45 ± 0.05	0.45 ± 0.04
Liver	2.10 ± 0.19	2.08 ± 0.21	2.11 ± 0.14	2.09 ± 0.12	2.01 ± 0.20
Spleen	0.17 ± 0.02	0.17 ± 0.01	0.18 ± 0.02	0.17 ± 0.03	0.17 ± 0.02
Testes	0.64 ± 0.05	0.69 ± 0.08	0.65 ± 0.08	0.65 ± 0.06	0.68 ± 0.08
Female rats
Adrenal glands	0.019 ± 0.003	0.019 ± 0.002	0.019 ± 0.003	0.020 ± 0.003	0.020 ± 0.003
Brain	0.59 ± 0.06	0.65 ± 0.07a	0.64 ± 0.07a	0.64 ± 0.06a	0.65 ± 0.04a
Heart	0.25 ± 0.02	0.26 ± 0.02	0.27 ± 0.03	0.26 ± 0.02	0.26 ± 0.02
Kidneys	0.48 ± 0.05	0.51 ± 0.04	0.50 ± 0.05	0.52 ± 0.05a	0.52 ± 0.04a
Liver	2.01 ± 0.19	2.05 ± 0.18	2.02 ± 0.15	2.06 ± 0.11	2.06 ± 0.15
Ovaries	0.018 ± 0.006	0.019 ± 0.003	0.021 ± 0.004	0.021 ± 0.007	0.021 ± 0.006
Spleen	0.20 ± 0.03	0.21 ± 0.02	0.19 ± 0.03	0.20 ± 0.03	0.22 ± 0.05
Uterus	0.26 ± 0.06	0.28 ± 0.07	0.24 ± 0.06	0.25 ± 0.05	0.25 ± 0.05

*Statistically significant difference to the control value based on the 95% confidence interval