Question

A 55-year-old woman is found to have a fasting plasma glucose of 7.8 mmol/L on a routine blood test. A repeat fasting plasma glucose one week later is 8.2 mmol/L. She has no symptoms of diabetes. Her HbA1c is 55 mmol/mol (7.2%). According to WHO/NICE criteria, what is the correct diagnosis?

Accepted Answer

Type 2 diabetes mellitus

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Normal glucose tolerance

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Impaired fasting glucose (IFG)

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Impaired glucose tolerance (IGT)

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Type 1 diabetes mellitus

Practice question

A 55-year-old woman is found to have a fasting plasma glucose of 7.8 mmol/L on a routine blood test. A repeat fasting plasma glucose one week later is 8.2 mmol/L. She has no symptoms of diabetes. Her HbA1c is 55 mmol/mol (7.2%). According to WHO/NICE criteria, what is the correct diagnosis?