Ultrasound assessment of the caliber of the arteries in the lower extremities in healthy persons - the dependency on age, sex and morphological parameters of the subjects.

Aim: The aim of this paper was to evaluate the caliber of the following arteries in the lower extremities: the common femoral artery, superficial femoral artery, popliteal artery, posterior tibial artery and dorsalis pedis artery and to determine the relation of the calibers to age, sex and morphological parameters of the body such as weight, height and BMI of the subject.

Material: Two hundred and twenty-eight healthy persons aged 18-81 were examined (average ±SD; 43.1±16.