Iron Deficiency Anemia as a Factor in Male Infertility: Awareness in Health College Students in the Jazan Region of Saudi Arabia
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Design and Population
2.2. Data Collection
2.3. Scoring
2.4. Ethical Consideration
2.5. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
6. Limitations
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Particulars | Characteristics | N (%) |
---|---|---|
Gender | Female | 231 (30.1) |
Male | 537 (69.9) | |
Age (years) | 18 to 20 | 211 (27.5) |
21 to 25 | 557 (72.5) | |
Place of Residence | Urban | 368 (47.9) |
Rural | 400 (52.1) | |
College of Registration | College of Applied Medicine Science (CAMS) | 495 (64.5) |
College of Nursing (CN) | 137 (17.8) | |
College of Pharmacy (CP) | 120 (15.6) | |
College of Dentistry (CD) | 16 (2.1) |
College | Gender | Age Group (N) | Age | Total | M1 | M2 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean (SD) | Median (IQR) | Median (IQR) | Median (IQR) | |||
Applied Medical Science | Male | 18 to 20 (78) | 19.2 (0.71) | 10 (9.5) | 1 (4.7) | 8.5 (5) |
21 to 25 (305) | 22.4 (1.21) | 10 (6) | 0 (4) | 9 (4) | ||
Female | 18 to 20 (39) | 19.2 (0.68) | 10 (3) | 0 (1) | 9 (2) | |
21 to 25 (73) | 22.6 (1.39) | 11 (4) | 0 (2) | 10 (2) | ||
Nursing | Male | 18 to 20 (26) | 19.2 (0.75) | 6 (7) * | 0 (1) | 6 (4.7) ** |
21 to 25 (47) | 22.5 (1.28) | 10 (7.5) | 0 (4.5) | 10 (5) | ||
Female | 18 to 20 (35) | 19.1 (0.80) | 9 (3) | 0 (1.5) | 9 (2.5) | |
21 to 25 (29) | 22.4 (1.45) | 9 (4) | 0 (1) | 8 (3) | ||
Pharmacy | Male | 18 to 20 (14) | 19.1 (0.73) | 8 (6.5) | 0.5 (4.5) | 7 (2.7) |
21 to 25 (56) | 22.8 (1.22) | 10 (7.2) | 0 (5) | 9 (3) | ||
Female | 18 to 20 (13) | 19.3 (0.75) | 11 (5.5) | 0 (4.2) | 9 (3.2) | |
21 to 25 (37) | 22.4 (1.21) | 11 (2) | 1 (3) | 11 (2) | ||
Dentistry | Male | 18 to 20 (5) | 19 (0.70) | 7 (3) | 1 (2) | 6 (3) |
21 to 25 (6) | 22.7 (0.81) | 10.5 (4) | 0 (0) | 10.5 (4) | ||
Female | 18 to 20 (1) | 20 (-) | 5 (-) | 0 (-) | 5 (-) | |
21 to 25 (4) | 22.7 (2.06) | 11 (0.75) | 0 (0.7) | 10 (2) |
Question | 18–20 a | Female b | Rural c | CAMS d | CN d | CP d |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1.16 (0.36–3.68) | 6.24 | 2.50 (0.92–6.79) | 3.84 (0.433–34.06) | 2.60 (0.24–28.23) | 2.72 (0.25–30.09) |
2 | 0.80 (0.40–1.59) | 2.05 (0.92–4.57) | 1.40 (0.75–2.59) | 2.35 (0.50–11.02) | 2.96 (0.54–16.33) | 2.61 (0.47–14.50) |
3 | 0.85 (0.60–1.20) | 1.71 ** (1.19–2.45) | 1.18 (0.87–1.60) | 1.26 (0.44–3.57) | 0.99 (0.34–2.93) | 1.73 (0.57–5.24) |
4 | 0.68 * (0.48–0.96) | 2.11 *** (1.46–3.04) | 1.23 (0.91–1.68) | 1.70 (0.60–4.77) | 1.25 (0.43–3.67) | 1.70 (0.57–5.07) |
5 | 0.56 *** (0.39–0.79) | 2.76 *** (1.89–4.03) | 1.21 (0.89–1.64) | 1.18 (0.40–3.47) | 0.79 (0.26–2.40) | 1.54 (0.49–4.80) |
6 | 0.68 * (0.47–0.98) | 3.75 *** (2.46–5.71) | 1.55 ** (1.12–2.14) | 1.65 (0.56–4.89) | 1.09 (0.35–3.37) | 1.54 (0.49–4.85) |
7 | 0.60 ** (0.43–0.85) | 2.52 *** (1.74–3.64) | 0.98 (0.72–1.32) | 0.83 (0.27–2.52) | 0.53 (0.17–1.67) | 0.90 (0.28–2.89) |
8 | 0.71 (0.49–1.04) | 1.24 (0.84–1.83) | 1.13 (0.81–1.58) | 0.79 (0.22–2.83) | 0.65 (0.17–2.45) | 0.76 (0.20–2.90) |
9 | 0.69 * (0.50–0.97) | 2.09 *** (1.49–2.95) | 0.83 (0.62–1.11) | 0.41 (0.13–1.31) | 0.44 (0.13–1.48) | 0.39 (0.12–1.32) |
10 | 0.63 * (0.42–0.94) | 0.88 (0.59–1.32) | 1.35 (0.93–1.96) | 3.07 * (1.08–8.78) | 2.21 (0.74–6.63) | 2.47 (0.81–7.57) |
11 | 0.43 * (0.22–0.85) | 1.38 (0.64–2.98) | 1.00 (0.52–1.94) | 1.16 (0.14–9.32) | 1.11 (0.13–9.77) | 1.68 (0.17–16.47) |
12 | 1.24 (0.87–1.77) | 0.53 *** (0.36–0.76) | 1.17 (0.85–1.60) | 1.28 (0.40–4.10) | 1.21 (0.36–4.06) | 1.70 (0.51–5.69) |
13 | 1.03 (0.73–1.45) | 0.76 (0.54–1.07) | 1.01 (0.74–1.36) | 2.35 (0.66–8.38) | 1.61 (0.43–5.99) | 3.44 (0.93–12.74) |
14 | 1.10 (0.76–1.56) | 0.56 ** (0.39–0.81) | 1.08 (0.79–1.48) | 3.35 (0.75–15.03) | 2.64 (0.57–12.29) | 4.00 (0.86–18.63) |
15 | 1.15 (0.80–1.64) | 0.59 ** (0.41–0.85) | 1.05 (0.77–1.44) | 7.18 (0.94–55.13) | 5.17 (0.65–40.88) | 8.26 * (1.05–65.19) |
16 | 0.94 (0.66–1.34) | 0.72 (0.51–1.03) | 1.20 (0.88–1.64) | 2.13 (0.59–7.60) | 1.60 (0.43–5.96) | 2.30 (0.62–8.58) |
Characteristics | Total | M1 | M2 | |||||||||
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B | Upper | Lower | p-Value | B | Upper | Lower | p-Value | B | Upper | Lower | p-Value | |
18–20 a | −0.629 | −1.251 | −0.008 | 0.047 | 0.082 | −0.248 | 0.412 | 0.625 | −0.711 | −1.106 | −0.317 | <0.0001 |
Female b | 0.708 | 0.097 | 1.319 | 0.023 | −0.476 | −0.800 | −0.151 | 0.004 | 1.184 | 0.795 | 1.572 | <0.0001 |
CAMS d | 1.201 | −0.702 | 3.105 | 0.216 | 0.804 | −0.207 | 1.814 | 0.119 | 0.397 | −0.813 | 1.607 | 0.520 |
CN d | 0.483 | −1.499 | 2.464 | 0.633 | 0.542 | −0.510 | 1.594 | 0.312 | −0.059 | −1.319 | 1.200 | 0.926 |
CP d | 1.501 | −0.494 | 3.497 | 0.140 | 1.034 | −0.025 | 2.094 | 0.056 | 0.467 | −0.802 | 1.735 | 0.471 |
Rural c | 0.367 | −0.176 | 0.910 | 0.185 | 0.101 | −0.188 | 0.389 | 0.493 | 0.266 | −0.079 | 0.612 | 0.130 |
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Akhter, M.S.; Hamali, H.A.; Iqbal, J.; Mobarki, A.A.; Rashid, H.; Dobie, G.; Madkhali, A.M.; Arishi, B.Y.H.; Ageeli, E.O.O.; Laghbi, O.S.H. Iron Deficiency Anemia as a Factor in Male Infertility: Awareness in Health College Students in the Jazan Region of Saudi Arabia. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 12866. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182412866
Akhter MS, Hamali HA, Iqbal J, Mobarki AA, Rashid H, Dobie G, Madkhali AM, Arishi BYH, Ageeli EOO, Laghbi OSH. Iron Deficiency Anemia as a Factor in Male Infertility: Awareness in Health College Students in the Jazan Region of Saudi Arabia. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18(24):12866. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182412866
Chicago/Turabian StyleAkhter, Mohammad S., Hassan A. Hamali, Johar Iqbal, Abdullah A. Mobarki, Hina Rashid, Gasim Dobie, Aymen M. Madkhali, Bader Y. H Arishi, Emad O. O. Ageeli, and Osama S. H. Laghbi. 2021. "Iron Deficiency Anemia as a Factor in Male Infertility: Awareness in Health College Students in the Jazan Region of Saudi Arabia" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 24: 12866. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182412866