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=82	rectum	N=53	colon	N=29
GENDER	t test	N=33	male	N=13	female	N=20
HISTOLOGICAL TYPE	ANOVA test	N=210	 	 	 	 
PATHOLOGY T	Spearman correlation test	N=6	higher pT	N=6	lower pT	N=0
PATHOLOGY N	Spearman correlation test	N=41	higher pN	N=34	lower pN	N=7
PATHOLOGICSPREAD(M)	ANOVA test	N=12	 	 	 	 
TUMOR STAGE	Spearman correlation test	N=18	higher stage	N=15	lower stage	N=3
RADIATIONS RADIATION REGIMENINDICATION	t test	N=15	yes	N=4	no	N=11
COMPLETENESS OF RESECTION	ANOVA test	N=2	 	 	 	 
NUMBER OF LYMPH NODES	Spearman correlation test	N=14	higher number.of.lymph.nodes	N=12	lower number.of.lymph.nodes	N=2
