Associations between Ocular Biometry, Refractive Error, and Body Characteristics

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Seventy-two eyes of 36 myopic children aged 8 to 14 years (19 girls, 17 boys) were assessed with open-field autorefraction, optical low-coherence biometry, and wall-mounted height measurement, with height percentile derived from CDC growth data. Axial length correlated negatively with spherical equivalent (r near minus 0.57) and weakly positively with height (r 0.283). Eyes longer than 25 mm belonged to taller children with more negative refraction than the shorter-eye groups, while eyes under 23 mm and 23 to 25 mm did not differ. Children above the 75th height percentile had longer eyes. Boys showed greater height, axial length, and myopia than girls. Older age tracked with more negative refraction only in girls.

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