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The Nurse Is Reviewing the Laboratory Results for a 52-Year-Old

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The nurse is reviewing the laboratory results for a 52-year-old male patient: fasting plasma glucose (FPG) 7.2 mmol/L; high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) 0.9 mmol/L; triglycerides 2 mmol/L.During assessment the patient's blood pressure (BP) is read as 145/88 mm Hg.His waist circumference is 110 cm, and the hip circumference is 98 cm.The nurse recognizes that the patient is at risk for:


A) Red man syndrome.
B) Sjogren's syndrome.
C) Short bowel syndrome.
D) Metabolic syndrome.

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