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Multicenter validation of AI-enabled ECG for pediatric biological sex prediction
Donnchadh O'Sullivan1, Joshua Mayourian2, Scott Anjewierden3
1Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Texas Children's Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA. donnchadhosull@gmail.com.
Abstract:
Biological sex is closely linked to patterns embedded within the electrocardiogram (ECG) with essential health and disease implications. We report multicenter verification of an AI-enabled ECG model to predict biological sex across pediatric development. A previously published Mayo Clinic model confirmed puberty-linked AUROC gradient during external validation at Texas Children's Hospital (pre-puberty AUROC 0.64, peri-puberty AUROC 0.84, post-puberty AUROC 0.94). This phenomenon was replicated at Boston Children's Hospital. Saliency mapping revealed established sex-related electrophysiologic patterns.
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