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	
DAYS_TO_DEATH_OR_LAST_FUP	Cox regression test	N=30	 	N=NA	 	N=NA
YEARS_TO_BIRTH	Spearman correlation test	N=30	older	N=12	younger	N=18
TUMOR_TISSUE_SITE	Wilcoxon test	N=30	rectum	N=30	colon	N=0
PATHOLOGIC_STAGE	Kruskal-Wallis test	N=30	 	 	 	 
PATHOLOGY_T_STAGE	Spearman correlation test	N=30	higher stage	N=27	lower stage	N=3
PATHOLOGY_N_STAGE	Spearman correlation test	N=30	higher stage	N=12	lower stage	N=18
PATHOLOGY_M_STAGE	Wilcoxon test	N=30	class1	N=30	class0	N=0
GENDER	Wilcoxon test	N=5	male	N=5	female	N=0
RADIATION_THERAPY	Wilcoxon test	N=0	 	 	 	 
HISTOLOGICAL_TYPE	Kruskal-Wallis test	N=30	 	 	 	 
RESIDUAL_TUMOR	Kruskal-Wallis test	N=30	 	 	 	 
NUMBER_OF_LYMPH_NODES	Spearman correlation test	N=30	higher number_of_lymph_nodes	N=12	lower number_of_lymph_nodes	N=18
ETHNICITY	Wilcoxon test	N=0	 	 	 	 
