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The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of obesity on the prevalence of myopia in Korean children and adolescents.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"sec002\">\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This study used the data of a nationally representative cross-sectional survey, the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES) VII conducted from 2016 to 2018. Of the 1237 children and adolescents aged 5\u201318 years who participated in the KNHANES VII and underwent ophthalmologic examinations for the survey, 1114 were selected for review, excluding those whose data on refractive error, family history of myopia, or waist circumference were missing. Body mass index (BMI) was classified into four groups: underweight (&lt; 5th percentile), normal weight (\u2265 5th percentile, &lt; 85th percentile), overweight (\u2265 85th percentile, &lt; 95th percentile), and obese (\u2265 95th percentile). Myopia was defined by the level of refractive error \u2264 -0.5 diopters (D) and classified as mild (\u2264 -0.5 D, &gt; -3.0 D), moderate (\u2264 -3.0 D, &gt; -6.0 D), or high (\u2264 -6.0 D) myopia. The relationship between BMI and myopia was analyzed using complex sample logistic regression. Age and family history were corrected followed by an analysis of the odds ratios.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"sec003\">\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Compared to those with normal weights (controls), being underweight, overweight, or obese showed no significant odds of developing mild and moderate myopia. Conversely, when compared with that of controls, the odds ratio of developing high myopia in the underweight, overweight, and obese groups was 0.77 (95% CI, 0.22\u20132.65), 1.37 (95% CI, 0.51\u20133.66), and 3.77 (95% CI, 1.98\u20137.16), respectively. Furthermore, in a separate analysis by sex and BMI, the odds ratio of developing high myopia was 2.84 (95% CI, 1.10\u20137.35) in boys with obesity and 4.23 (95% CI,1.19\u201315.09) and 5.04 (95% CI,1.77\u201314.34) in overweight and obese girls, respectively.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"sec004\">\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>An association exists between obesity in childhood and adolescence and high myopia. Being overweight in girls was also found to be associated with high myopia. 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