Clinical feature	Statistical test	Significant genes	Associated with	               	Associated with	
Time to Death	Cox regression test	N=0	 	 	 	 
AGE	Spearman correlation test	N=1	older	N=0	younger	N=1
PRIMARY SITE OF DISEASE	Wilcoxon test	N=71	rectum	N=71	colon	N=0
NEOPLASM DISEASESTAGE	Kruskal-Wallis test	N=0	 	 	 	 
PATHOLOGY T STAGE	Spearman correlation test	N=2	higher stage	N=2	lower stage	N=0
PATHOLOGY N STAGE	Spearman correlation test	N=2	higher stage	N=1	lower stage	N=1
PATHOLOGY M STAGE	Kruskal-Wallis test	N=1	 	 	 	 
GENDER	Wilcoxon test	N=9	male	N=9	female	N=0
HISTOLOGICAL TYPE	Kruskal-Wallis test	N=336	 	 	 	 
COMPLETENESS OF RESECTION	Kruskal-Wallis test	N=0	 	 	 	 
NUMBER OF LYMPH NODES	Spearman correlation test	N=2	higher number.of.lymph.nodes	N=1	lower number.of.lymph.nodes	N=1