CRP and metastatic malignant neoplasm in the lymph nodes: The model of Atzpodien et al (2003) based on the same data set but using the log-rank test for categorical variables and a score based on Cox proportional hazards model, had in common the predictors CRP, neutrophils and bone metastases; however, they excluded age, lymph node metastases and liver metastases and included instead LDH, time from diagnosis to metastatic disease, and number of metastatic sites.