A 52-year-old woman with obesity and a family history of type 2 diabetes presents for routine screening. Fasting plasma glucose is 7.1 mmol/L on two s...

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A 52-year-old woman with obesity and a family history of type 2 diabetes presents for routine screening. Fasting plasma glucose is 7.1 mmol/L on two separate occasions and HbA1c is 7.2%. According to Diabetes Canada, what is the most accurate interpretation of these findings?

Accepted Answer

Type 2 diabetes mellitus is diagnosed

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Normal glucose tolerance; no further action is required

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Impaired fasting glucose (prediabetes)

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Latent autoimmune diabetes in adults is diagnosed

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Gestational diabetes mellitus is diagnosed

ca-mccqe1 MCQ (SBA): Type 2 diabetes mellitus

A 52-year-old woman with obesity and a family history of type 2 diabetes presents for routine screening. Fasting plasma glucose is 7.1 mmol/L on two separate occasions and HbA1c is 7.2%. According to Diabetes Canada, what is the most accurate interpretation of these findings?