A 55-year-old asymptomatic man is found on routine screening to have an HbA1c of 50 mmol/mol (6.7%) on two separate occasions. Fasting plasma glucose ...

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A 55-year-old asymptomatic man is found on routine screening to have an HbA1c of 50 mmol/mol (6.7%) on two separate occasions. Fasting plasma glucose is 7.4 mmol/L on repeat testing. According to Australian diagnostic criteria, what is the most appropriate diagnosis?

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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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Latent autoimmune diabetes of adulthood

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Stress hyperglycaemia

au-amc MCQ (SBA): Type 2 diabetes mellitus

A 55-year-old asymptomatic man is found on routine screening to have an HbA1c of 50 mmol/mol (6.7%) on two separate occasions. Fasting plasma glucose is 7.4 mmol/L on repeat testing. According to Australian diagnostic criteria, what is the most appropriate diagnosis?