Prevalence Patterns and Onset Prediction of High Myopia for Children and Adolescents in Southern China via Real-World Screening Data: Retrospective School-Based Study

Jieying Guan   ^{1 *} , MD ;   Yingting Zhu   ^{1 *} , MD ;   Qiuyue Hu   ^{2 *} , MSc ;   Shuyue Ma   ² , MSc ;   Jingfeng Mu   ³ , MD ;   Zhidong Li   ¹ , MD ;   Dong Fang   ³ , MD ;   Xiaohua Zhuo   ¹ , MSc ;   Haifei Guan   ² , MSc ;   Qianhui Sun   ² , MSc ;   Lin An   ² , MSc ;   Shaochong Zhang   ^{3 *} , MD, PhD ;   Peiwu Qin   ^{2 *} , MD, PhD ;   Yehong Zhuo   ^{1 *} , MD, PhD

¹ State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Guangdong Provincial Clinical Research Center for Ocular Diseases, Guangzhou, China

² Institute of Biopharmaceutical and Health Engineering, Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, China

³ Shenzhen Eye Hospital, Jinan University, Shenzhen Eye Institute, Shenzhen, China

*these authors contributed equally