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Participants were aged 4\u201317 years with high myopia (\u2264\u22124.00 dioptres (D) at 4\u20136 years; \u2264\u22126.00 D at 7\u201317 years). Peripheral retina was assessed by ultra-widefield imaging (UWF) and\/or documented dilated ophthalmoscopy.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We analysed 160 eyes from 89 children (mean age 10.4\u00b13.8 years; mean spherical equivalent \u22129.95\u00b13.59 D; mean axial length (AL) 26.68\u00b11.82\u2009mm). Peripheral lesions were present in 87\/160 eyes (54.4%), more frequent in 7\u201317-year-olds than in 4\u20136-year-olds (59.4% vs 34.4%) (p&lt;0.05). Among affected eyes, 50\/87 (57%) had a single lesion and 37\/87 (43%) multiple; multiplicity increased with age (p&lt;0.001). The most frequent lesions were dark without pressure (46\/160; 28.7%), white without pressure (32\/160; 20.0%), snail-track degeneration (15\/160; 9.4%), microcystoid degeneration (11\/160; 6.9%) and lattice degeneration (10\/160; 6.3%). In multivariate models, AL was the strongest independent predictor of both lesion prevalence (OR=1.45; 95%\u2009CI 1.07 to 2.03; p=0.021) and multiplicity (OR=2.17; 95%\u2009CI 1.53 to 3.07; p&lt;0.001). Model-derived lesion probability reached 50% at AL 26.2\u2009mm and 80% at 29.4\u2009mm.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Peripheral retinal lesions are common in paediatric high myopia and related strongly to AL. 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