Figure 3. Analysis of clinicopathological characteristics. The Kruskal-Wallis test was used to analyze the relationship between risk score and (A) advanced pathological stages, (B) T stages, (C) M stages, and (D) N stages in TCGA-COAD cohort. The Kruskal-Wallis test was used to analyze the relationship between risk score and (E) advanced pathological stages and (F) T stages in GSE39582 cohort. The Wilcoxon test was performed to analyze the relationship between risk score and (G) M stages and (H) N stages in GSE39582 cohort.