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Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Access to and Outcomes of Infertility Treatment and Assisted Reproductive Technology in the United States
Beroukhim G, Seifer D. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Access to and Outcomes of Infertility Treatment and Assisted Reproductive Technology in the United States. Endocrinology And Metabolism Clinics Of North America 2023, 52: 659-675. PMID: 37865480, DOI: 10.1016/j.ecl.2023.05.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmerican Indian or Alaska NativeAsianBlack or African AmericanEthnicityFemaleHealth Services AccessibilityHealthcare DisparitiesHispanic or LatinoHumansInfertilityInfertility, FemalePregnancyPregnancy OutcomeReproductive Techniques, AssistedSocial Determinants of HealthUnited StatesWhiteConceptsEthnic disparitiesInfertility treatmentIntrauterine insemination pregnancy ratesHigh infertility rateAmerican Indian womenAssisted Reproductive TechnologyClinical pregnancyObstetrical complicationsFertility carePregnancy lossFavorable outcomePregnancy rateInfertility rateLive birthsHigher oddsART outcomesHispanic womenWhite womenRobust studiesWomenIndian womenReproductive technologiesBlack womenOutcomesCare
2009
Trends of racial disparities in assisted reproductive technology outcomes in black women compared with white women: Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology 1999 and 2000 vs. 2004–2006
Seifer DB, Zackula R, Grainger DA, Report S. Trends of racial disparities in assisted reproductive technology outcomes in black women compared with white women: Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology 1999 and 2000 vs. 2004–2006. Fertility And Sterility 2009, 93: 626-635. PMID: 19368916, DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.02.084.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWhite womenCycles of IVFPoor prognostic factorReproductive technology outcomesNon-Hispanic womenBlack womenTubal factorIVF cyclesOvulation disordersCohort studyOvarian reserveIVF outcomesPrognostic factorsUterine factorsReporting of raceMale factorLive birthsMAIN OUTCOMEART outcomesMember clinicsOlder ageRacial disparitiesWomenFresh embryosReproductive technologies
2008
Variations in serum müllerian inhibiting substance between white, black, and Hispanic women
Seifer DB, Golub ET, Lambert-Messerlian G, Benning L, Anastos K, Watts DH, Cohen MH, Karim R, Young MA, Minkoff H, Greenblatt RM. Variations in serum müllerian inhibiting substance between white, black, and Hispanic women. Fertility And Sterility 2008, 92: 1674-1678. PMID: 18930217, PMCID: PMC3037722, DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.08.110.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBody mass indexHispanic womenHIV statusMass indexMulticenter prospective cohort studyWomen's Interagency HIV StudySerum MIS levelsProspective cohort studyTime pointsCohort studyDifferent time pointsMIS levelsAge-related declineHIV StudyDifferent time coursesMAIN OUTCOMESubstance levelsSerum MISWhite womenSerum samplesDifferent racial groupsWomenIndependent effectsLongitudinal studySmoking