A 48-year-old man has fasting plasma glucose 7.4 mmol/L and repeat HbA1c 7.1 percent. He reports mild polyuria but no weight loss or DKA symptoms. Acc...

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A 48-year-old man has fasting plasma glucose 7.4 mmol/L and repeat HbA1c 7.1 percent. He reports mild polyuria but no weight loss or DKA symptoms. According to Diabetes Canada diagnostic criteria, what is the most appropriate interpretation?

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Type 2 diabetes mellitus is diagnosed

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Normal glycaemia; reassure

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Impaired fasting glucose only

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Diagnostic uncertainty; repeat testing in 3 years

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Latent autoimmune diabetes of adulthood is definitively diagnosed

ca-mccqe1 MCQ (SBA): Type 2 diabetes mellitus diagnosis

A 48-year-old man has fasting plasma glucose 7.4 mmol/L and repeat HbA1c 7.1 percent. He reports mild polyuria but no weight loss or DKA symptoms. According to Diabetes Canada diagnostic criteria, what is the most appropriate interpretation?