Figure 2.

Trajectories of BMI and waist circumference during 22 years of follow‐up until diagnosis of type 2 diabetes, death, or censoring from the study. The figures represent a hypothetical man of 65 years old. Light blue, “progressive overweight” (including 85.1% of diabetes patients); red, “persistently high BMI” (4.4% of diabetes patients); dark blue, “progressive weight loss ” (10.4% of diabetes patients); gray, “diabetes‐free"; black, “nondiabetes mortality.” [Color figure can be viewed at wileyonlinelibrary.com]