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The study included fifty volunteers aged 18\u201345 years, without any muscle tone affections, lower limb asymmetries, or history of lower limb surgeries. Demographic and anthropometric data were collected, including sex, age, height, weight, BMI, and leg length measure and thigh circumference at specific points. The sciatic nerve depth was measured using ultrasound imaging under the gluteal fold and in the posterior middle third of the thigh. Results: Correlation analysis revealed significant associations between thigh circumference at the proximal and middle third and sciatic nerve depth. A multiple linear regression model identified that the proximal thigh circumference was a significant predictor of sciatic nerve depth, explaining 44.5% of the variance. The variance increased to 49.7% when gender was added. The depth of the sciatic nerve in the middle third explained 38.2% of the variance. And the inclusion of gender in the model explained 40.8% of the variance for the middle third. Conclusions: This study identify significant predictors such as the thigh girth at the proximal and mid-third levels, gender, and the BMI. 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