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Participants were classified into eo-HM (onset age&lt;7 years and binocular spherical equivalent refraction &lt;\u22126.0 dioptres (D)) and late-onset high myopia (lo-HM). PRS was calculated and assessed for eo-HM prediction accuracy through receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve metrics.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      The participants comprised 100 patients with high myopia. WES identified 36 variants across 35 of 100 patients (35.00%), with the eo-HM group exhibiting a significantly higher detection rate (56.52%) than the lo-HM group (16.67%) (p&lt;0.001).\n                      <jats:italic>COL2A1<\/jats:italic>\n                      c.1221+1G&gt;A,\n                      <jats:italic>ARR3<\/jats:italic>\n                      c.41T&gt;C,\n                      <jats:italic>GLRA2<\/jats:italic>\n                      c.1006G&gt;A,\n                      <jats:italic>ZEB1<\/jats:italic>\n                      c.1672C&gt;T and\n                      <jats:italic>HDAC8<\/jats:italic>\n                      c.466A&gt;G were recognised as de novo mutation loci in eo-HM.\n                      <jats:italic>TCF7L2, AIPL1, INPP5E<\/jats:italic>\n                      and the promoter mutation of\n                      <jats:italic>SALL4<\/jats:italic>\n                      were identified as novel potential pathogenic mutations for high myopia (HM). Genetic mutations related to retinal diseases were more frequently observed in the eo-HM group than in the lo-HM group (p&lt;0.01). ROC curve analysis signified that PRS had acceptable predicting ability for eo-HM (area under the curve=0.70).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This study expands the eo-HM mutational spectrum and proposes novel HM pathogenic genes. 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