Table 3:

Estimate of the most common cause of death among NAFLD patients, by specialty

Cause of death	Specialty, no. (%)
	PCPs (n = 88)	Gastroenterology (n = 19)	Hepatology (n = 32)	Internal medicine (n = 14)	Nurses (n = 18)
Liver cirrhosis, HCC	28 (32)	2 (11)	2 (6)	3 (22)	9 (50)
Cardiovascular disease	54 (61)	17 (89)	30 (94)	9 (64)	9 (50)
Type 2 diabetes mellitus	6 (7)	0	0	2 (14)	0
p-value*	—	< 0.001	< 0.001	0.722	0.149

Notes: Only one response was allowed; the correct answer is in boldface

*p-value refers to χ ² test between PCP column and the other columns

HCC = Hepatocellular carcinoma; PCPs = Primary care physicians