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#Question id: 34134

A 45-year-old male with type 2 diabetes mellitus presents for routine follow-up. His fasting blood glucose is 110 mg/dL, but his HbA1c is 8.5%. Which of the following best explains the discrepancy between his fasting glucose and HbA1c?

#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal
  1. The patient has anemia, reducing the lifespan of red blood cells and increasing HbA1c levels.
  2. The patient likely has frequent postprandial hyperglycemia despite normal fasting levels.
  3. HbA1c reflects glycemic control only in the 24–48 hours preceding measurement.
  4. Insulin therapy artificially increases HbA1c by promoting glycation of hemoglobin
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#Unit 5. Developmental Biology

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#Question id: 12057

#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal

A tsunami tidal wave hits the east coast of South America and the people living there are forced to drink unclean water. Within the next several days, a large number of people develop severe diarrhea and about half of these people expire. Samples of drinking water are positive for Vibrio cholerae. Which of the following types of ion channels is most likely to be irreversibly opened in the epithelial cells of the crypts of Lieberkühn in these people with severe diarrhea?
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#Question id: 17082

#Unit 12. Applied Biology

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