THE EFFECT OF DONOR AND RECIPIENT RACE ON OUTCOMES OF ASSISTED REPRODUCTION USING DATA FROM A VITRIFIED DONOR OOCYTE BANK

Abstract

A growing literature suggest that minority races, particularly Black women, have a lower probability of live birth and a higher risk of perinatal complications after autologous assisted reproductive technology (ART); however, questions still remain as to whether racial disparities are associated with differences in oocyte/embryo quality, an impaired uterine environment, or a combination of the two. To investigate this question further, we evaluated how oocyte donor and recipient race is associated with ART outcomes using data from a large, racially diverse vitrified donor oocyte bank.