Question

A 52-year-old man has fasting plasma glucose levels of 7.4 mmol/L and 7.1 mmol/L on two separate days. HbA1c is 6.8% (51 mmol/mol). He is overweight and has a family history of diabetes. According to Australian criteria, what is the most appropriate diagnostic label?

Accepted Answer

Type 2 diabetes mellitus

Answer

Normal glucose tolerance

Answer

Impaired fasting glucose

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Gestational diabetes mellitus

Answer

Latent autoimmune diabetes of adults

Practice question

A 52-year-old man has fasting plasma glucose levels of 7.4 mmol/L and 7.1 mmol/L on two separate days. HbA1c is 6.8% (51 mmol/mol). He is overweight and has a family history of diabetes. According to Australian criteria, what is the most appropriate diagnostic label?