In the INTERHEART the WHR was a better CVR predictor than the BMI, while in the Nurses’ Health Study the predictive capacity of BMI was higher than WHR, also Onat et al found that WC was a better indicator of visceral fat than the BMI and WHR. In a meta-analyisis, the three indexes: BMI, WC and WHR, had a similar association with the diabetes incidence 1,87 (IC 95% 1,67, 2,10), 1,87 (IC 95% 1,58, 2,20) y 1,88 (IC 95% 1,61, 2,19), respectively.