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=11	male	N=11	female	N=0
HISTOLOGICAL TYPE	t test	N=12	rectal mucinous adenocarcinoma	N=6	rectal adenocarcinoma	N=6
PATHOLOGY T	Spearman correlation test	N=0	 	 	 	 
PATHOLOGY N	Spearman correlation test	N=0	 	 	 	 
PATHOLOGICSPREAD(M)	t test	N=0	 	 	 	 
TUMOR STAGE	Spearman correlation test	N=0	 	 	 	 
COMPLETENESS OF RESECTION	ANOVA test	N=20	 	 	 	 
NUMBER OF LYMPH NODES	Spearman correlation test	N=0	 	 	 	 
