A 54-year-old woman with obesity presents for assessment of tiredness and increased thirst. Fasting plasma glucose on two occasions is 7.4 mmol/L and ...

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A 54-year-old woman with obesity presents for assessment of tiredness and increased thirst. Fasting plasma glucose on two occasions is 7.4 mmol/L and 7.2 mmol/L. HbA1c is 51 mmol/mol (6.8%). According to Australian criteria, what is the most appropriate diagnosis?

Accepted Answer

Type 2 diabetes mellitus

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Normal glucose tolerance

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Impaired fasting glucose

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Latent autoimmune diabetes of adults

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Gestational diabetes mellitus

au-amc MCQ (SBA): Diagnosis of type 2 diabetes

A 54-year-old woman with obesity presents for assessment of tiredness and increased thirst. Fasting plasma glucose on two occasions is 7.4 mmol/L and 7.2 mmol/L. HbA1c is 51 mmol/mol (6.8%). According to Australian criteria, what is the most appropriate diagnosis?