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A patient's laboratory test results indicate an increased level of blood C-peptide, indicating possible type 2 diabetes.However, the health-care provider is concerned that an interfering factor may be causing the C-peptide level to not correlate with the endogenous insulin level.Which of the following factors could cause this?


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