A 52-year-old man with obesity and hypertension is found to have fasting plasma glucose 138 mg per dL on two separate occasions. He has no symptoms. W...

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A 52-year-old man with obesity and hypertension is found to have fasting plasma glucose 138 mg per dL on two separate occasions. He has no symptoms. What is the most appropriate diagnosis?

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Stress hyperglycemia

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Normal glucose metabolism

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Prediabetes

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Type 2 diabetes mellitus

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Impaired fasting glucose that does not require further evaluation

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A 52-year-old man with obesity and hypertension is found to have fasting plasma glucose 138 mg per dL on two separate occasions. He has no symptoms. What is the most appropriate diagnosis?