S100A8 and metastatic malignant neoplasm in the lymph nodes: The presence of HP CagA + was also associated with lymph node metastasis (p = 0.024; OR = 5.611, 95% CI = 1.255 – 25.097, after adjustment for age and gender) and distal metastasis (p = 0.005; OR 3.299, 95% CI = 1.441 – 7.556, after adjustment for age and gender; Table 3).