Question

A 56-year-old overweight woman (BMI 29 kg/m²) with no symptoms has fasting plasma glucose 7.2 mmol/L and HbA1c 6.6% (49 mmol/mol) on two separate occasions. According to the RACGP-Diabetes Australia type 2 diabetes handbook, how should these results be interpreted?

Accepted Answer

Type 2 diabetes mellitus

Answer

Normal glucose metabolism

Answer

Impaired fasting glucose but not diabetes

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Gestational diabetes mellitus

Answer

Latent autoimmune diabetes in adults

Practice question

A 56-year-old overweight woman (BMI 29 kg/m²) with no symptoms has fasting plasma glucose 7.2 mmol/L and HbA1c 6.6% (49 mmol/mol) on two separate occasions. According to the RACGP-Diabetes Australia type 2 diabetes handbook, how should these results be interpreted?