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=37	older	N=13	younger	N=24
PRIMARY SITE OF DISEASE	Wilcoxon test	N=184	rectum	N=184	colon	N=0
NEOPLASM DISEASESTAGE	Kruskal-Wallis test	N=105	 	 	 	 
PATHOLOGY T STAGE	Spearman correlation test	N=188	higher stage	N=172	lower stage	N=16
PATHOLOGY N STAGE	Spearman correlation test	N=353	higher stage	N=240	lower stage	N=113
PATHOLOGY M STAGE	Kruskal-Wallis test	N=514	 	 	 	 
GENDER	Wilcoxon test	N=10	male	N=10	female	N=0
HISTOLOGICAL TYPE	Kruskal-Wallis test	N=1380	 	 	 	 
RADIATIONS RADIATION REGIMENINDICATION	Wilcoxon test	N=0	 	 	 	 
COMPLETENESS OF RESECTION	Kruskal-Wallis test	N=628	 	 	 	 
NUMBER OF LYMPH NODES	Spearman correlation test	N=237	higher number.of.lymph.nodes	N=153	lower number.of.lymph.nodes	N=84
RACE	Kruskal-Wallis test	N=19	 	 	 	 
