CD36 and metastatic malignant neoplasm in the lymph nodes: The logistic regression with binary N status (pN0 vs. pN1–3) as the dependent variable, showed that after adjusting for sex, age, pT status and grading, high CD36 expression increased the chance for lymph node metastasis 45-fold (OR = 44.7, 95% CI: 10.0–316) (Table 4.