Figure 4.

Trajectories of total cholesterol, high‐density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, low‐density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, triglycerides, systolic blood pressure, and diastolic blood pressure. 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]