Clinical feature	Statistical test	Significant genes	Associated with	               	Associated with	
DAYS_TO_DEATH_OR_LAST_FUP	Cox regression test	N=0	 	 	 	 
YEARS_TO_BIRTH	Spearman correlation test	N=7	older	N=4	younger	N=3
PATHOLOGIC_STAGE	Kruskal-Wallis test	N=0	 	 	 	 
PATHOLOGY_T_STAGE	Spearman correlation test	N=0	 	 	 	 
PATHOLOGY_N_STAGE	Spearman correlation test	N=12	higher stage	N=7	lower stage	N=5
PATHOLOGY_M_STAGE	Wilcoxon test	N=2	class1	N=2	class0	N=0
GENDER	Wilcoxon test	N=0	 	 	 	 
RADIATION_THERAPY	Wilcoxon test	N=1	yes	N=1	no	N=0
HISTOLOGICAL_TYPE	Wilcoxon test	N=4	rectal mucinous adenocarcinoma	N=4	rectal adenocarcinoma	N=0
RESIDUAL_TUMOR	Kruskal-Wallis test	N=0	 	 	 	 
NUMBER_OF_LYMPH_NODES	Spearman correlation test	N=20	higher number_of_lymph_nodes	N=11	lower number_of_lymph_nodes	N=9