CRP and metastatic malignant neoplasm in the lymph nodes: Age (OR = 0.93, 95% CI: 0.69–1.25; Table 3), histological grade (OR = 0.74, 95% CI: 0.52–1.05; Table 3), and lymph node metastasis (OR = 0.91, 95% CI: 0.65–1.28; Table 3) were not associated with elevated CRP level.