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World J Gastroenterol. Apr 21, 2026; 32(15): 114778
Published online Apr 21, 2026. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v32.i15.114778
Table 1 Demographic characteristics of patients, n (%)/mean ± SD
Hospital group
Diagnostic group
Male
Age (years)
Zhongshan cohortPA-HSOS (n = 39)27 (69.23)62.62 ± 12.33
Budd-Chiari syndrome (n = 51)29 (56.86)44.98 ± 11.84
Hepatitis B cirrhosis (n = 97)73 (75.26)53.29 ± 11.12
Total (n = 187)129 (68.98)52.97 ± 13.02
Zhengzhou cohortPA-HSOS (n = 28)19 (67.86)66.07 ± 9.25
Budd-Chiari syndrome (n = 10)6 (60.00)55.9 ± 11.06
Hepatitis B cirrhosis (n = 10)8 (80)49.60 ± 13.28
Total (n = 48)33 (68.75)60.52 ± 12.43
Total(n = 235)162 (68.94)54.37 ± 13.23
Table 2 Distribution of patient cohorts and disease types

Zhongshan cohort
Zhengzhou cohort
Training
Internal test
External test
PA-HSOS31828
Hepatitis B cirrhosis781910
Budd-Chiari syndrome411010
Total1503748
Table 3 Patient-level performance of the deep learning-based diagnostic models on internal and external test cohort
Cohort
Model
AUC (95%CI)
ACC
SEN
SPE
PPV
NPV
InternalModel 640.853 (0.678-1.000)0.9190.7500.9660.8570.933
Model 960.944 (0.829-1.000)0.8650.8750.8620.6360.962
Model 1280.927 (0.797-1.000)0.9190.7500.9660.8570.933
Model 1600.935 (0.813-1.000)0.8650.8750.8620.6360.962
ExternalModel 640.871 (0.772-0.971)0.8540.8210.9000.9200.783
Model 960.873 (0.774-0.972)0.8540.8210.9000.9200.783
Model 1280.893 (0.802-0.984)0.8540.8210.9000.9200.783
Model 1600.891 (0.799-0.983)0.8750.8570.9000.9230.818
Table 4 Patient-level performance of doctors and model 96 in the internal test cohort (n = 37)
Item
Accuracy (95%CI)
P value1
Sensitivity (95%CI)
P value
Specificity (95%CI)
P value
Youden index
Kappa value
Residents of internal medicine0.541 (0.369-0.705)0.002b0.750 (0.349-0.968)1.0000.483 (0.294-0.675)0.003b0.2330.147
Attending physicians0.730 (0.559-0.862)0.2270.750 (0.349-0.968)1.0000.724 (0.528-0.873)0.2890.4740.373
Residents of radiology0.676 (0.502-0.820)0.039a0.875 (0.473-0.997)1.0000.621 (0.423-0.793)0.039a0.4960.341
Attending radiologists0.865 (0.712-0.955)1.0000.625 (0.245-0.915)0.5000.931 (0.772-0.992)0.6870.5560.582
Model 960.865 (0.712-0.955)0.875 (0.473-0.997)0.862 (0.683-0.961)0.7370.649
Table 5 Comparison of doctors’ diagnostic results and time with and without model 96 assistance
Item
Professional category
Doctor only
Doctor + model 96
P value
AccuracyRIM0.5410.7570.021a
AG0.7300.8920.031a
RR0.6760.8110.063
AR0.8650.9730.125
SensitivityRIM0.7500.8751.000
AG0.7501.000
RR0.8750.8751.000
AR0.6250.8750.500
SpecificityRIM0.4830.7590.008b
AG0.7240.8620.125
RR0.6210.7930.063
AR0.9311.000
Time (seconds)RIM1807.00 ± 249.491561.33 ± 306.640.023a
AG1488.67 ± 462.48924.67 ± 248.620.045a
RR916.33 ± 187.22832.00 ± 179.100.004b
AR1071.00 ± 164.16900.33+135.070.016a