Clinical feature	Statistical test	Significant miRs	Associated with	               	Associated with	
Time to Death	Cox regression test	N=0	 	 	 	 
AGE	Spearman correlation test	N=24	older	N=9	younger	N=15
PRIMARY SITE OF DISEASE	Wilcoxon test	N=57	rectum	N=57	colon	N=0
NEOPLASM DISEASESTAGE	Kruskal-Wallis test	N=15	 	 	 	 
PATHOLOGY T STAGE	Spearman correlation test	N=16	higher stage	N=1	lower stage	N=15
PATHOLOGY N STAGE	Spearman correlation test	N=6	higher stage	N=2	lower stage	N=4
PATHOLOGY M STAGE	Kruskal-Wallis test	N=52	 	 	 	 
GENDER	Wilcoxon test	N=1	male	N=1	female	N=0
HISTOLOGICAL TYPE	Kruskal-Wallis test	N=62	 	 	 	 
RADIATIONS RADIATION REGIMENINDICATION	Wilcoxon test	N=0	 	 	 	 
COMPLETENESS OF RESECTION	Kruskal-Wallis test	N=72	 	 	 	 
NUMBER OF LYMPH NODES	Spearman correlation test	N=6	higher number.of.lymph.nodes	N=0	lower number.of.lymph.nodes	N=6
RACE	Kruskal-Wallis test	N=3