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Self Assessment Quizzes

Facts About Diabetes

Question #1

Diabetes mellitus is defined as:

a. Too much sugar or glucose in your blood stream.
b. Too much insulin, a hormone, in your blood stream
c. Weighing too much
Correct!
Diabetes mellitus is defined as an elevated blood sugar. Specifically, diabetes is diagnosed if you have a before breakfast (fasting) plasma glucose of 126 mg/dl or higher, and/or a 2 hour after oral glucose tolerance test value of 200 mg/dl or higher.
Sorry, wrong answer!
The correct answer is A. Diabetes mellitus is defined as an elevated blood sugar. Specifically, diabetes is diagnosed if you have a before breakfast (fasting) plasma glucose of 126 mg/dl or higher, and/or a 2 hour after oral glucose tolerance test value of 200 mg/dl or higher.
Sorry, wrong answer!
The correct answer is A. Diabetes mellitus is defined as an elevated blood sugar. Specifically, diabetes is diagnosed if you have a before breakfast (fasting) plasma glucose of 126 mg/dl or higher, and/or a 2 hour after oral glucose tolerance test value of 200 mg/dl or higher.

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