U.S., Jan. 6 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07316998) titled 'Incidence of Myopia in a Prospective Cohort of Emmetropic Children and Associated Ocular and Environmental Factors' on Dec. 19, 2025.
Brief Summary: Myopia and high myopia are among the leading causes of visual impairment and blindness worldwide. The total number of people with myopia worldwide was estimated at 2.6 billion in 2020 and could reach 4.8 billion by 2050 unless preventive interventions are implemented.
Most epidemiological studies have focused on risk factors for myopia progression, with far fewer addressing the factors that cause a child to shift from emmetropia to myopia. The risk factors for the onset of myopia may be...