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

Table 11 Mean number of patients with confirmed or suspected NAFLD or NASH being managed by physicians

	PCPs n = 152	Unfamiliar PCPs n = 73	Specialists n = 149^a
Confirmed NASH	8.51	3.71	32.2
NAFLD with suspected NASH (not confirmed)	10.9	6.0	41.5
NAFLD with no NASH (confirmed)	7.94	3.2	42.1
NAFLD with no suspected NASH	17.81	12.0	65.2
Suspected NAFLD	24.19	11.9	78.3

^aOne gastroenterologist who mentioned treating 1000 NAFLD with suspected NASH patients, and 800 NAFLD with no suspected NASH patients was excluded

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