A 47-year-old woman attends for a periodic health examination. She has a BMI of 31 kg/m² and a family history of type 2 diabetes. Fasting plasma gluco...

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A 47-year-old woman attends for a periodic health examination. She has a BMI of 31 kg/m² and a family history of type 2 diabetes. Fasting plasma glucose is 7.4 mmol/L on two separate occasions, and HbA1c is 7.1% (54 mmol/mol). According to Diabetes Canada diagnostic criteria, which diagnosis is most appropriate?

Accepted Answer

Type 2 diabetes mellitus

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Normal glucose tolerance

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Prediabetes (impaired fasting glucose)

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Latent autoimmune diabetes of adults

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Gestational diabetes mellitus

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