A 52-year-old woman with obesity has a fasting plasma glucose of 7.4 mmol/L on two separate occasions. Her HbA1c is 6.8%. She has no acute illness. Ac...

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A 52-year-old woman with obesity has a fasting plasma glucose of 7.4 mmol/L on two separate occasions. Her HbA1c is 6.8%. She has no acute illness. According to Diabetes Canada, how should her glycaemic status be classified?

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Type 2 diabetes mellitus

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Normal glucose tolerance

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Impaired fasting glucose (pre-diabetes)

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Stress hyperglycaemia

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Type 1 diabetes mellitus

ca-mccqe1 MCQ (SBA): Type 2 diabetes

A 52-year-old woman with obesity has a fasting plasma glucose of 7.4 mmol/L on two separate occasions. Her HbA1c is 6.8%. She has no acute illness. According to Diabetes Canada, how should her glycaemic status be classified?