CRP and systemic sclerosis: With respect to clinical and ultrasound correlations (Table 3), we found that in the overall SSc-cohort CRP levels were significant, although weakly, positively correlated with several indicators of cardiovascular health such as HDL cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, triglycerides, the 10-year risk of ASCVD, and the 10-year risks of fatal cardiovascular disease (SCORE 2019) (0.283 < ρ < 0.339, p ≤ 0.041).