Factors associated with disparate outcomes among Black women undergoing in vitro fertilization.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine if Black women have worse in vitro fertilization (IVF) outcomes than women of other races/ethnicities, and to establish which factors are associated with the IVF outcomes of Black women.

Design

Retrospective cohort study.

Setting

Not applicable.

Patients

All patients undergoing IVF.

Interventions

Not applicable.

Main outcome measures

Spontaneous abortion rate, clinical pregnancy rate, and live birth rate.

Results

A total of 71,389 patient cycles were analyzed. Of the 40,545 patients who were included, 6.4% of patients were Black, 62% were White, 7.3% were Hispanic/Latino, and 15% were Asian. After IVF, Black women had significantly more miscarriages than White but not Hispanic or Asian patients (8.0% Black vs. 6.9% Wh

SUBMITTER: Ghidei L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9349233 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature