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Astigmatism was categorised into five groups: None, 0.75\u2212\u2009&lt;\u20092.00 D, 2.00\u2013\u2009&lt;\u20093.00 D, 3.00\u2013\u2009&lt;\u20095.00\u2009D, and \u22655.00\u2009D. Logistic regression models were used to assess the association between astigmatism and keratoconus diagnosis. Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) curve analysis was performed to evaluate the discriminatory ability of cylinder power in detecting keratoconus.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Overall, 1886 adolescents (0.21%) were diagnosed with keratoconus. Increasing astigmatism levels were strongly associated with higher keratoconus prevalence, rising from 0.1% for 0.75\u2013\u2009&lt;\u20092.00 D to 17.4% for \u22655.00 D (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&lt;\u20090.001). Each 1-diopter increase in cylinder power above 2.00 D was linked to a 1.76-fold increase in keratoconus odds (OR\u2009=\u20091.76, 95% CI: 1.70\u20131.82,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&lt;\u20090.001). Astigmatism axis demonstrated limited discriminatory ability. ROC analysis showed moderate discriminatory power for cylinder power (AUC\u2009=\u20090.752), with a cut-off of 2.88 D yielding a sensitivity of 0.744 and a specificity of 0.644.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>In this large cohort of adolescents, increasing astigmatism power was significantly associated with keratoconus diagnosis. These findings suggest that combining astigmatism thresholds with other clinical factors may enhance screening strategies, enabling timely intervention to prevent disease progression.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1038\/s41433-025-03995-9","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,9,18]],"date-time":"2025-09-18T11:20:22Z","timestamp":1758194422000},"page":"2958-2962","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Keratoconus prevalence in astigmatic adolescents: findings from a nationwide screening setting"],"prefix":"10.1038","volume":"39","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1814-8316","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Margarita","family":"Safir","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6925-5157","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Itay","family":"Nitzan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yair","family":"Hanina","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Dan","family":"Heller","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4661-0993","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Michael","family":"Mimouni","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1292-1475","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Nir","family":"Sorkin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,9,18]]},"reference":[{"key":"3995_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"P170","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ophtha.2018.10.021","volume":"126","author":"FJ Garcia-Ferrer","year":"2019","unstructured":"Garcia-Ferrer FJ, Akpek EK, Amescua G, Farid M, Lin A, Rhee MK, et al. 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