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=1	older	N=1	younger	N=0
PRIMARY SITE OF DISEASE	t test	N=916	rectum	N=121	colon	N=795
GENDER	t test	N=7	male	N=1	female	N=6
HISTOLOGICAL TYPE	ANOVA test	N=173	 	 	 	 
PATHOLOGY T	Spearman correlation test	N=0	 	 	 	 
PATHOLOGY N	Spearman correlation test	N=6	higher pN	N=6	lower pN	N=0
PATHOLOGICSPREAD(M)	ANOVA test	N=241	 	 	 	 
TUMOR STAGE	Spearman correlation test	N=2	higher stage	N=2	lower stage	N=0
RADIATIONS RADIATION REGIMENINDICATION	t test	N=207	yes	N=197	no	N=10
COMPLETENESS OF RESECTION	ANOVA test	N=125	 	 	 	 
NUMBER OF LYMPH NODES	Spearman correlation test	N=2	higher number.of.lymph.nodes	N=2	lower number.of.lymph.nodes	N=0
