Table 2 Relative changes in AUC and PDF between baseline and the proposed method in four tasks

From: Improving model fairness in image-based computer-aided diagnosis

Disease (Dataset)

Subgroups/Intersectional group

Relative change

AUC (%)

PFD (%)

COVID-19 (MIDRC)

Age

−2.00

−40.25

Sex

−0.96

−53.79

Race

−2.44

−39.73

Age–Race

−2.54

−47.69

Thorax abnormality (MIMIC-CXR)

Age

−0.01

−35.74

Sex

−0.73

−35.33

Race

−1.21

31.70

Age–Sex

−0.92

−49.24

POAG (OHTS)

Age

1.42

−53.82

Sex

0.72

−35.74

Race

0.34

−43.85

Age–Sex

2.32

−35.10

Late AMD (AREDS)

Age

0.02

−25.22

Sex

0.06

5.00

CFH

0.15

−29.06

ARMS2

0.15

−49.73

Age–CFH

0.06

−28.37