Clinical feature	Statistical test	Significant miRs	Associated with	               	Associated with	
DAYS_TO_DEATH_OR_LAST_FUP	Cox regression test	N=1	 	N=NA	 	N=NA
YEARS_TO_BIRTH	Spearman correlation test	N=1	older	N=0	younger	N=1
PATHOLOGIC_STAGE	Kruskal-Wallis test	N=30	 	 	 	 
PATHOLOGY_T_STAGE	Spearman correlation test	N=30	higher stage	N=1	lower stage	N=29
PATHOLOGY_N_STAGE	Spearman correlation test	N=30	higher stage	N=1	lower stage	N=29
PATHOLOGY_M_STAGE	Wilcoxon test	N=0	 	 	 	 
GENDER	Wilcoxon test	N=0	 	 	 	 
RADIATION_THERAPY	Wilcoxon test	N=0	 	 	 	 
HISTOLOGICAL_TYPE	Wilcoxon test	N=22	rectal mucinous adenocarcinoma	N=22	rectal adenocarcinoma	N=0
RESIDUAL_TUMOR	Kruskal-Wallis test	N=0	 	 	 	 
NUMBER_OF_LYMPH_NODES	Spearman correlation test	N=12	higher number_of_lymph_nodes	N=0	lower number_of_lymph_nodes	N=12