CRP and interstitial lung disease: Statistically significant associations between galectin‐3 levels and CRP levels have been reported in patients with diabetes mellitus, cardiac syndrome X, interstitial lung disease, and heart failure (Bozcali et al., 2014; Jin et al., 2013; Srivatsan, George, & Shanmugam, 2015; Zhang, Sun, Song, Zuo, & Xiao, 2014).