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=0	 	 	 	 
PRIMARY SITE OF DISEASE	t test	N=71	rectum	N=0	colon	N=71
GENDER	t test	N=0	 	 	 	 
HISTOLOGICAL TYPE	ANOVA test	N=68	 	 	 	 
PATHOLOGY T	Spearman correlation test	N=1	higher pT	N=1	lower pT	N=0
PATHOLOGY N	Spearman correlation test	N=7	higher pN	N=3	lower pN	N=4
PATHOLOGICSPREAD(M)	ANOVA test	N=0	 	 	 	 
TUMOR STAGE	Spearman correlation test	N=10	higher stage	N=4	lower stage	N=6
RADIATIONS RADIATION REGIMENINDICATION	t test	N=0	 	 	 	 
COMPLETENESS OF RESECTION	ANOVA test	N=1	 	 	 	 
NUMBER OF LYMPH NODES	Spearman correlation test	N=7	higher number.of.lymph.nodes	N=3	lower number.of.lymph.nodes	N=4
