Question

A 52-year-old man with a BMI of 31 kg/m² attends for a routine review. He is asymptomatic. Two separate fasting plasma glucose measurements are 7.4 mmol/L one week apart, and his HbA1c is 6.8%. According to Diabetes Canada criteria, what is the most appropriate diagnosis?

Accepted Answer

Type 2 diabetes mellitus

Answer

Normal glycaemia

Answer

Impaired fasting glucose

Answer

Prediabetes based on HbA1c

Answer

Metabolic syndrome without diabetes

Practice question

A 52-year-old man with a BMI of 31 kg/m² attends for a routine review. He is asymptomatic. Two separate fasting plasma glucose measurements are 7.4 mmol/L one week apart, and his HbA1c is 6.8%. According to Diabetes Canada criteria, what is the most appropriate diagnosis?