Awareness of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis and associated practice patterns of primary care physicians and specialists

Table 13 Current management practices of physicians based on familiarity with the NAFLD and NASH differences

	Unfamiliar PCPs	Familiar PCPs	P
Does the physician currently manage patients with NASH or NAFLD?	n = 73	n = 79	0.002
Yes, NASH and/or NAFLD patients	42 (58)	64 (81)	0.002
Will the physician manage new NASH patients?	n = 69	n = 79	0.514
Yes	13 (19)	18 (23)
Yes, but will refer some new patients	27 (39)	35 (44)
No, will refer all new patients	29 (42)	26 (33)

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