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. 2026 Mar 18;6:1747783. doi: 10.3389/fradi.2026.1747783

Table 4.

Diagnostic performance across subgroups With and without AI.

Sub-group Without AI With AI Δ95 % CI P-value
AUROC
 Age < 50 y 0.906 0.946 +0.041 (0.017–0.065) 0.002
 Age ≥ 50 y 0.911 0.953 +0.043 (0.014–0.073) 0.004
 Dense breasts 0.902 0.944 +0.042 (0.021–0.064) <.001
 Calcifications present 0.911 0.956 +0.045 (0.008–0.085) 0.012
 Calcifications absent 0.912 0.947 +0.035 (0.012–0.059) 0.002
 Tumor size ≤ 2 cm 0.889 0.933 +0.044 (0.019–0.070) <.001
 Tumor size 2–5 cm 0.891 0.952 +0.060 (–0.002–0.129) 0.062
 Irregular shape 0.891 0.942 +0.050 (0.028–0.073) <.001
 General radiologists¹ 0.922 0.955 +0.034 (0.010–0.057) 0.003
 Breast-imaging specialists¹ 0.904 0.946 +0.042 (0.015–0.070) 0.002
Sensitivity
 Age < 50 y 93.1 96 +2.9 (–2.3 to 8.1) 0.263
 Age ≥ 50 y 95.2 96.5 +1.3 (–3.5 to 6.0) 0.599
 Dense breasts 93.5 95.5 +2.0 (–2.2 to 6.2) 0.346
 Calcifications present 94.4 96.7 +2.3 (–2.3 to 6.8) 0.311
 Calcifications absent 93.9 95.8 +1.9 (–3.6 to 7.3) 0.500
 Tumor size ≤ 2 cm 92.1 94 +1.9 (–3.7 to 7.5) 0.502
 Tumor size 2–5 cm 96.2 99 +2.8 (–1.7 to 7.3) 0.159
 Irregular shape 94.3 96.1 +1.9 (–1.8 to 5.5) 0.304
 General radiologists¹ 94.8 95.7 +1.0 (–2.8 to 4.7) 0.611
 Breast-imaging specialists¹ 93 97.3 +4.3 (–0.2 to 8.7) 0.060
Specificity
 Age < 50 y 64.8 72 +7.3 (–2.3 to 16.9) 0.140
 Age ≥ 50 y 61.6 70.2 +8.6 (–6.8 to 24.0) 0.277
 Dense breasts 65.7 73.1 +7.4 (–1.8 to 16.5) 0.117
 Calcifications present 66.7 70.5 +3.8 (–23.7 to 31.4) 0.784
 Calcifications absent 63.6 71.7 +8.0 (–0.5 to 16.6) 0.067
 Tumor size ≤ 2 cm 64.9 72.5 +7.6 (–0.7 to 15.9) 0.074
 Tumor size 2–5 cm 44.4 52.8 +8.3 (–31.0 to 47.7) 0.679
 Irregular shape 38.9 52 +13.1 (–3.9 to 30.1) 0.134
 General radiologists¹ 58.1 73.3 +15.1 (6.6 to 23.6) 0.001
 Breast-imaging specialists¹ 75.6 68.2 –7.4 (–16.5 to 1.8) 0.118

AUROC, area under the receiver operating characteristic curve, CI = confidence interval.