Question

A 52-year-old woman with obesity and hypertension is diagnosed with type 2 diabetes after a fasting plasma glucose of 8.2 mmol/L and A1C of 7.4%. According to Diabetes Canada diagnostic criteria, which of the following also meets the threshold for diagnosing diabetes in adults (when confirmed on a repeat test)?

Accepted Answer

A1C 6.6% (in the absence of conditions affecting A1C accuracy)

Answer

Random plasma glucose 9.5 mmol/L

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2-hour plasma glucose 10.0 mmol/L on 75 g OGTT

Answer

Fasting plasma glucose 6.8 mmol/L

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Capillary glucose 6.5 mmol/L on a home glucometer

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