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The questions were categorized as: Model 1\u2014knowledge about IDA-induced male infertility; Model 2\u2014knowledge about IDA. The average knowledge of IDA causing male infertility is very low among students. The 18\u201320 years age group had a lesser score for either knowledge of IDA (M2; p-value = 0.047) or total (p-value &lt; 0.0001) compared to the older group. In addition, female students were significantly more likely to be better in achieving higher total scores (p-value = 0.023) as well as M2 scores (p-value &lt; 0.0001) when compared to the respective male category. On the other hand, males were significantly better in scoring for M1 (p-value = 0.004) compared to females. Awareness about iron deficiency anemia as a factor in male infertility may reduce the infertility burden, arising from a preventable factor, in the Jazan region.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ijerph182412866","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,12,7]],"date-time":"2021-12-07T02:48:13Z","timestamp":1638845293000},"page":"12866","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":11,"title":["Iron Deficiency Anemia as a Factor in Male Infertility: Awareness in Health College Students in the Jazan Region of Saudi Arabia"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"18","author":[{"given":"Mohammad S.","family":"Akhter","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Medical Laboratory Technology, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Jazan University, Jizan 45142, Saudi Arabia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3791-460X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Hassan A.","family":"Hamali","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Medical Laboratory Technology, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Jazan University, Jizan 45142, Saudi Arabia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1853-0988","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Johar","family":"Iqbal","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine, Jazan University, Jizan 45142, Saudi Arabia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Abdullah A.","family":"Mobarki","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Medical Laboratory Technology, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Jazan University, Jizan 45142, Saudi Arabia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Hina","family":"Rashid","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmacy, Jazan University, Jizan 45142, Saudi Arabia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9225-1709","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Gasim","family":"Dobie","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Medical Laboratory Technology, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Jazan University, Jizan 45142, Saudi Arabia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Aymen M.","family":"Madkhali","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Medical Laboratory Technology, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Jazan University, Jizan 45142, Saudi Arabia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Bader Y. 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