Race and ethnicity expression in reproductive endocrinology and infertility research studies compared with other obstetrics and gynecology subspecialty studies.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To compare the percentage of patients per race and ethnicity group in the most cited reproductive endocrinology and infertility studies with the most cited studies in 3 other obstetrics and gynecology (OBGYN) subspecialties: gynecologic oncology, urogynecology (URO), and maternal-fetal medicine.

Design

Retrospective cohort study.

Setting

Not applicable.

Patients

Patients previously recruited in research studies.

Interventions

None.

Main outcome measures

Expression of minorities in research studies.

Results

Individual searches were conducted for the most cited articles in OBGYN subspecialties until 50 studies met the inclusion criteria for each OBGYN subspecialty. A total of 29,821,148 patients were included and compared between su

SUBMITTER: Roshong A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11456638 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature