TABLE 2.
Etiology of chronic liver disease managed by surveyed physicians according to their primary specialty
| Chronic liver disease |
Primary specialty
|
P* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gastroenterology | Hepatology | Infectious diseases | ||||
| Hepatitis C | 53 (79.1) | 16 (94.1) | 9 (90) | 0.14 | 0.41 | 0.69 |
| Hepatitis B | 45 (67.2) | 16 (94.1) | 8 (80) | 0.02 | 0.41 | 0.25 |
| HIV coinfection | 9 (13.4) | 12 (70.6) | 8 (80) | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | 0.58 |
| Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease | 67 (100) | 16 (94.1) | 3 (30) | 0.04 | <0.0001 | 0.0004 |
| Alcoholic liver disease | 64 (95.5) | 14 (82.4) | 1 (10) | 0.05 | <0.0001 | 0.0002 |
| Autoimmune/cholestatic liver disease | 63 (94) | 16 (94.1) | 2 (20) | 0.98 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 |
Data presented as n (%). Bolded values indicate statistical significance.
*
χ2 test between Gastroenterology and Hepatology in the first column; between Gastroenterology and Infectious diseases in the second column; and between Hepatology and Infectious diseases in the third column