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The aim of this study was to estimate its prevalence and possible determinants in a large cohort.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>One hundred and fifty\u2010five outpatients with SSc were enrolled. Data about disease characteristics and cardiovascular risk factors were collected and patients underwent ecocolor Doppler ultrasonography of arteries of the neck and lower (LL) and upper (UL) limbs.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Mean age was 57.9\u00a0\u00b1\u00a014.5\u00a0years and most were female (88.4%) with a limited subset (63.2%). Mean disease duration was 11.4\u00a0\u00b1\u00a08.1\u00a0years. Twenty\u2010three (14.8%) had hypertension, 7 (4.8%) diabetes, 64 (41.3%) hypercholesterolemia and 63 (40.6%) were active\/past smokers. Seventy\u2010nine (49%) patients had plaques at carotids, 49 (32.9%) at LL and 7 (4.9%) at UL. In multivariate analysis, patients with carotid plaques had more often a limited pattern (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a0.001), patients with distal LL plaques pulmonary arterial hypertension (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a0.006) and patients with proximal LL plaques lower diffusing capacity for carbon monoxide adjusted to hemoglobin and its ratio to alveolar volume (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a0.004). In patients with UL plaques traditional cardiovascular risk factors were not more common, while forced vital capacity was lower (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a0.023). 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