Conclusion
Our study shows that race and ethnicity are two separate patient characteristics that can affect infertility and likely other disease processes. Within one race there may be inherent and environmental factors that increase the risk of different etiologies of infertility. We found that ethnicity appears to play a more significant role in the cause of infertility than previously suspected. While our study suggests that the etiology of infertility differs between ethnic groups belonging to the same race, larger prospective studies are needed to elucidate the impact of ethnicity on the etiology of infertility.
Disclosure of interests:   No disclosures
Contribution to authorship: Authors RHO, MM, WK, and JP were involved in the conception, planning, carrying out, analysis and writing up of the work. AF was involved in the analysis and write up of the work.
Details of ethics approval: N/A
Key words: Race, Ethnicity, Infertility, Black, Haitian, African, Disparities
Funding: No funding was provided for this research.