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=6	older	N=4	younger	N=2
PRIMARY SITE OF DISEASE	t test	N=38	rectum	N=32	colon	N=6
GENDER	t test	N=1	male	N=0	female	N=1
HISTOLOGICAL TYPE	ANOVA test	N=45	 	 	 	 
PATHOLOGY T	Spearman correlation test	N=6	higher pT	N=1	lower pT	N=5
PATHOLOGY N	Spearman correlation test	N=2	higher pN	N=0	lower pN	N=2
PATHOLOGICSPREAD(M)	ANOVA test	N=27	 	 	 	 
TUMOR STAGE	Spearman correlation test	N=2	higher stage	N=0	lower stage	N=2
RADIATIONS RADIATION REGIMENINDICATION	t test	N=0	 	 	 	 
COMPLETENESS OF RESECTION	ANOVA test	N=54	 	 	 	 
NUMBER OF LYMPH NODES	Spearman correlation test	N=2	higher number.of.lymph.nodes	N=0	lower number.of.lymph.nodes	N=2
