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=3	older	N=1	younger	N=2
NEOPLASM DISEASESTAGE	Kruskal-Wallis test	N=1	 	 	 	 
PATHOLOGY T STAGE	Spearman correlation test	N=36	higher stage	N=31	lower stage	N=5
PATHOLOGY N STAGE	Spearman correlation test	N=1	higher stage	N=0	lower stage	N=1
PATHOLOGY M STAGE	Kruskal-Wallis test	N=1	 	 	 	 
GENDER	Wilcoxon test	N=6	male	N=6	female	N=0
HISTOLOGICAL TYPE	Wilcoxon test	N=72	rectal mucinous adenocarcinoma	N=72	rectal adenocarcinoma	N=0
RADIATIONS RADIATION REGIMENINDICATION	Wilcoxon test	N=0	 	 	 	 
COMPLETENESS OF RESECTION	Kruskal-Wallis test	N=0	 	 	 	 
NUMBER OF LYMPH NODES	Spearman correlation test	N=0	 	 	 	 
RACE	Kruskal-Wallis test	N=0	 	 	 	 
