“…The performance of the conicity index as an indicator of abdominal obesity from the MetS components has been demonstrated in numerous studies, but there is still no consensus on the cut points, which vary according to population, sex and age [ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 ]. Until then, no cut point has been determined for this index in the Brazilian rural population, which justifies the importance of the present study.…”