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=20	older	N=20	younger	N=0
PRIMARY SITE OF DISEASE	t test	N=2015	rectum	N=204	colon	N=1811
NEOPLASM DISEASESTAGE	ANOVA test	N=422	 	 	 	 
PATHOLOGY T STAGE	Spearman correlation test	N=2	higher stage	N=2	lower stage	N=0
PATHOLOGY N STAGE	Spearman correlation test	N=19	higher stage	N=17	lower stage	N=2
PATHOLOGY M STAGE	ANOVA test	N=283	 	 	 	 
GENDER	t test	N=9	male	N=1	female	N=8
HISTOLOGICAL TYPE	ANOVA test	N=846	 	 	 	 
RADIATIONS RADIATION REGIMENINDICATION	t test	N=261	yes	N=253	no	N=8
COMPLETENESS OF RESECTION	ANOVA test	N=64	 	 	 	 
NUMBER OF LYMPH NODES	Spearman correlation test	N=12	higher number.of.lymph.nodes	N=12	lower number.of.lymph.nodes	N=0
