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	 	 	 	 
PRIMARY SITE OF DISEASE	t test	N=120	rectum	N=104	colon	N=16
GENDER	t test	N=32	male	N=14	female	N=18
HISTOLOGICAL TYPE	ANOVA test	N=427	 	 	 	 
PATHOLOGY T	Spearman correlation test	N=1	higher pT	N=0	lower pT	N=1
PATHOLOGY N	Spearman correlation test	N=1	higher pN	N=1	lower pN	N=0
PATHOLOGICSPREAD(M)	ANOVA test	N=1	 	 	 	 
TUMOR STAGE	Spearman correlation test	N=2	higher stage	N=0	lower stage	N=2
NEOADJUVANT THERAPY	t test	N=1	yes	N=1	no	N=0
