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.