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. 2025 Sep 4;27:e71757. doi: 10.2196/71757

Table 3. Measurement of bias and intervention effect by diagnosis in the radiograph dataset with vision transformers.

Method Naive data collection, AUROCa (95% CI) Balanced empirical risk minimization, AUROC (95%CI) AEquity-guided, AUROC (95% CI)
Label White Black White Black White Black
Opacity 0.8126 (0.8102-0.8149) 0.8154 (0.8131-0.8178) 0.8139 (0.8119-0.8159) 0.8169 (0.8149-0.8188) 0.8126 (0.8102-0.8149) 0.8154 (0.8131-0.8178)
Effusion 0.925 (0.9242-0.9257) 0.9195 (0.917-0.9221) 0.9249 (0.9239-0.9259) 0.9192 (0.9164-0.922) 0.925 (0.9242-0.9257) 0.9195 (0.917-0.9221)
Cardiomegaly 0.8613 (0.8603-0.8624) 0.8611 (0.8596-0.8625) 0.864 (0.8625-0.8654) 0.8647 (0.8632-0.8662) 0.8633 (0.8622-0.8644) 0.8632 (0.8619-0.8645)
Atelectasis 0.8512 (0.8497-0.8527) 0.8463 (0.8431-0.8495) 0.8508 (0.8496-0.852) 0.8457 (0.8432-0.8481) 0.8426 (0.8413-0.8439) 0.8396 (0.8375-0.8418)
Pneumonia 0.7781 (0.7769-0.7792) 0.771 (0.7677-0.7743) 0.7772 (0.7754-0.7791) 0.7706 (0.7671-0.7741) 0.7782 (0.7769-0.7794) 0.7836 (0.7803-0.7869)
Edema 0.9276 (0.9263-0.9289) 0.9303 (0.9278-0.9327) 0.925 (0.9226-0.9274) 0.9286 (0.9254-0.9318) 0.9276 (0.9263-0.9289) 0.9303 (0.9278-0.9327)
Enlarged cardiomediastinum 0.6948 (0.687-0.7025) 0.6591 (0.6422-0.6761) 0.6974 (0.6898-0.7049) 0.6588 (0.6412-0.6763) 0.6948 (0.687-0.7025) 0.6591 (0.6422-0.6761)
Pneumothorax 0.818 (0.8114-0.8247) 0.7439 (0.7123-0.7755) 0.8139 (0.8063-0.8215) 0.7408 (0.7103-0.7713) 0.8075 (0.7995-0.8155) 0.7374 (0.708-0.7668)
Consolidation 0.7903 (0.7847-0.7958) 0.7372 (0.7145-0.76) 0.7897 (0.7847-0.7947) 0.7361 (0.7136-0.7587) 0.7948 (0.7896-0.7999) 0.7443 (0.7213-0.7674)
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AUROC: area under the receiver operating characteristic curve.