Clinical feature	Statistical test	Significant genes	Associated with	&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;	Associated with	
Time to Death	Cox regression test	N=0	 	 	 	 
AGE	Spearman correlation test	N=0	 	 	 	 
GENDER	t test	N=14	male	N=11	female	N=3
HISTOLOGICAL TYPE	t test	N=48	rectal mucinous adenocarcinoma	N=39	rectal adenocarcinoma	N=9
PATHOLOGY T	Spearman correlation test	N=0	 	 	 	 
PATHOLOGY N	Spearman correlation test	N=1	higher pN	N=0	lower pN	N=1
PATHOLOGICSPREAD(M)	t test	N=5	m1	N=0	m0	N=5
TUMOR STAGE	Spearman correlation test	N=0	 	 	 	 
