A 52-year-old man with no known diabetes is found incidentally to have a fasting plasma glucose of 6.4 mmol/L and HbA1c of 43 mmol/mol (6.1%) at a GP ...

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A 52-year-old man with no known diabetes is found incidentally to have a fasting plasma glucose of 6.4 mmol/L and HbA1c of 43 mmol/mol (6.1%) at a GP check. According to Australian definitions, how should this result be interpreted?

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Impaired fasting glucose (pre-diabetes)

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Normal glucose tolerance

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Type 2 diabetes mellitus

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Impaired glucose tolerance only

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Latent autoimmune diabetes of adults

au-amc MCQ (SBA): Impaired fasting glucose

A 52-year-old man with no known diabetes is found incidentally to have a fasting plasma glucose of 6.4 mmol/L and HbA1c of 43 mmol/mol (6.1%) at a GP check. According to Australian definitions, how should this result be interpreted?