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All participants voluntarily received RLRL therapy twice a daily (3\u2009min\/session, \u22654-hour interval), 5\u20137\u2009days\/week.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Among 362 participants, 90 were treated for \u22650.5\u20131 year (median 0.64 year), 91 for \u22651\u20132 years (median 1.40 years), 90 for \u22652\u20133 years (median 2.30 years) and 91 for \u22653 years (median 3.65 years). The satisfactory myopia control rate (defined as annual axial elongation \u22640.10\u2009mm) was 72.53% (95% CI 62.17 to 81.37) over \u22653 years of RLRL treatment, with annual axial length change of 0.06\u2009mm\/year (95% CI 0.03 to 0.08). No subjective visual function damage was documented by best-corrected visual acuity, and no treatment duration-dependent changes in objective full-field electroretinogram were observed. 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