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ArticleFertility and sterility2021

One size does not fit all: variations by ethnicity in demographic characteristics of men seeking fertility treatment across North America.

Andrew B Chen, Keith A Jarvi, Katherine Lajkosz, James F Smith, Kirk C Lo, Ethan D Grober, Susan Lau, Jared M Bieniek, Robert E Brannigan, Victor D W Chow and 19 more

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Article in Fertility and sterility, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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4citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 22% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

29 authors at 20 institutions in 2 countries.

Andrew B ChenUniversity of Southern California, Institute of Urology, Los Angeles, California.
Keith A JarviDivision of Urology, Department of Surgery, Mount Sinai Hospital and Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Katherine LajkoszDivision of Urology, Department of Surgery, Mount Sinai Hospital and Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
James F SmithDepartment of Urology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
Kirk C LoDivision of Urology, Department of Surgery, Mount Sinai Hospital and Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Ethan D GroberSinai Health System and Women's College Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Susan LauDivision of Urology, Department of Surgery, Mount Sinai Hospital and Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Jared M BieniekTallwood Urology and Kidney Institute, Hartford HealthCare, Hartford, Connecticut.
Robert E BranniganDepartment of Urology, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois.
Victor D W ChowDepartment of Urologic Science, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Trustin DomesDivision of Urology, Department of Surgery, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
James M DupreeDepartment of Urology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Marc GoldsteinDepartment of Urology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York.
Jason C HedgesDepartment of Urology, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon.
James M HotalingDivision of Urology, Department of Surgery, University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Edmund Y KoDepartment of Urology, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, California.
Peter N KolettisDepartment of Urology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama.
Ajay K NangiaDepartment of Urology Surgery, University of Kansas Health System, Kansas City, Kansas.
Jay I SandlowDepartment of Urology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
David ShinDepartment of Urology, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, Hackensack, New Jersey.
Aaron SpitzOrange County Urology Associates, Laguna Hills, California.
J C TrussellDepartment of Urology, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Upstate University Hospital, Syracuse, New York.
Scott I ZeitlinDepartment of Urology, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California.
Armand S ZiniDivision of Urology, Department of Surgery, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Marc A FisherDepartment of Surgery, McMaster University, West Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Thomas J WalshDepartment of Urology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.
Tung-Chin M HsiehDepartment of Urology, University of California San Diego Health, San Diego, California.
Eugene F FuchsDepartment of Urology, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon.
Mary K SamplaskiUniversity of Southern California, Institute of Urology, Los Angeles, California. Electronic address: mary.samplaski@med.usc.edu.
Mount Sinai Hospital · CAOregon Health & Science University · USUniversity of Southern California · USCornell University · USHackensack Meridian Health · USHartford Hospital · USLoma Linda University · USMcGill University · CAMcMaster University · CAMedical College of Wisconsin · USNorthwestern University · USSUNY Upstate Medical University · USUC San Diego Health System · USUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham · USUniversity of British Columbia · CAUniversity of California, Los Angeles · USUniversity of California, San Francisco · USUniversity of Kansas · USUniversity of Michigan · USUniversity of Saskatchewan · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo compare racial differences in male fertility history and treatment.

designRetrospective review of prospectively collected data.

settingNorth American reproductive urology centers. PATIENT(S): Males undergoing urologist fertility evaluation. INTERVENTION(S): None. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): Demographic and reproductive Andrology Research Consortium data. RESULT(S): The racial breakdown of 6,462 men was: 51% White, 20% Asian/Indo-Canadian/Indo-American, 6% Black, 1% Indian/Native, <1% Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander, and 21% "Other". White males sought evaluation sooner (3.5 ± 4.7 vs. 3.8 ± 4.2 years), had older partners (33.3 ± 4.9 vs. 32.9 ± 5.2 years), and more had undergone vasectomy (8.4% vs. 2.9%) vs. all other races. Black males were older (38.0 ± 8.1 vs. 36.5 ± 7.4 years), sought fertility evaluation later (4.8 ± 5.1 vs. 3.6 ± 4.4 years), fewer had undergone vasectomy (3.3% vs. 5.9%), and fewer had partners who underwent intrauterine insemination (8.2% vs. 12.6%) compared with all other races. Asian/Indo-Canadian/Indo-American patients were younger (36.1 ± 7.2 vs. 36.7 ± 7.6 years), fewer had undergone vasectomy (1.2% vs. 6.9%), and more had partners who underwent intrauterine insemination (14.2% vs. 11.9%). Indian/Native males sought evaluation later (5.1 ± 6.8 vs. 3.6 ± 4.4 years) and more had undergone vasectomy (13.4% vs. 5.7%). CONCLUSION(S): Racial differences exist for males undergoing fertility evaluation by a reproductive urologist. Better understanding of these differences in history in conjunction with societal and biologic factors can guide personalized care, as well as help to better understand and address disparities in access to fertility evaluation and treatment.

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FertilityHealth Status DisparitiesAdultBody Mass IndexCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHealthcare DisparitiesHealth Care SurveysHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeHumansInfertility, MaleLife StyleMaleMaternal AgeNorth AmericaPaternal AgeAccess to careethnicityhealth care disparitiesmale infertilityrace

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