Vest AN, Kipling LM, Patil D, et al. - After controlling for potential confounders, the paternal race did not independently contribute to outcomes in this institutional dataset, although the paternal race was correlated with in vitro fertilization (IVF) cycle characteristics.

• Researchers analyzed 1,878 IVF cycles involving 1,069 couples.

• The research population was diverse; 50.1% of male partners were White, 28.5% Black, 15.1% Asian, and 2.3% Hispanic.

• A common self-reported race category was shared by the majority of couples (86.5%).

• Compared with White males, Black males were older (39.6 vs 37.0 years), with higher BMI (30.4 vs 28.0) and higher frequency of male factor infertility (45.9% vs 33.5%).

• The study found that female partners of Black males were older than those of White males (35.6 vs 33.8 years), with higher BMI (29.6 vs 25.2), and higher frequency of female factor infertility (91.8% vs 83.9%).

• There were no significant differences in the outcomes of pregnancy, biochemical pregnancy, clinical intrauterine pregnancy, or ectopic pregnancy between races, although we noted race-related variability in IVF cycle characteristics.