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MMD was defined according to the Meta-analysis for Pathologic Myopia Study Group.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      The study population included 35\u2009778 eyes (18\u2009328 individuals) (age: 46.9\u00b123.1 years; range: 6\u2013100 years) (axial length: 23.2\u00b11.0\u2009mm; range: 18.08\u201334.20 mm). Longer axial length was associated with higher IOP (\u00df:0.03; p&lt;0.001) with adjusting for age (\u00df:0.01; p&lt;0.001), sex (\u00df:\u22120.19; p=0.006) and MMD-stage (\u00df:0.47; p&lt;0.001). Intereye axial length difference correlated (r\n                      <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                      =0.11) with higher intereye difference in IOP (\u00df: 0.03; p&lt;0.001) after adjusting for age (\u00df: 0.06; p&lt;0.001), sex (\u00df: \u22120.07; p&lt;0.001) and higher intereye difference in MMD-stage (\u00df: 0.32; p&lt;0.001). Higher intereye IOP difference correlated (r\n                      <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                      =0.03) with higher intereye axial length difference (\u00df: 0.03; p&lt;0.001) after adjusting for age (\u00df: \u22120.15; p&lt;0.001), but not with intereye difference in MMD-stage (p=0.90). Higher intereye difference in MMD-stage was associated (r\n                      <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                      =0.10) only with higher intereye axial length difference (\u00df: 0.32; p&lt;0.001) and sex (\u00df: 0.01; p=0.04). Higher intereye difference in MMD prevalence (defined as MMD-stage 3+) correlated with intereye axial length difference (\u00df: 0.24; p&lt;0.001) and female sex (\u00df: 0.02; p=0.006) but not with intereye IOP difference (p=0.14).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Although IOP was associated with longer axial length, MMD stage and MMD prevalence were not significantly related to IOP, neither in an interindividual comparison nor in an intraindividual intereye comparison. 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