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Ocular biometry, cycloplegic refraction and demographic data were obtained annually. Physiological growth was calculated based on myopic progression and Gullstrand eye model, respectively. The annual change in AL was found to be significantly smaller in the persistent emmetropia (PE) group compared to the incident myopia (IM) and persistent myopia (PM) group at all ages (all P\u2009&lt;\u20090.05). In children with non-progressive myopia, there was observed axial elongation ranging from 0.17 to 0.23\u2009mm\/year between the ages of 9 and 12. This growth rate persisted at approximately 0.10\u2009mm\/year beyond the age of 12. While the compensated AL growth calculated using Gullstrand model was only 0.02 to 0.15\u2009mm\/year at age of 9\u201312, and decreased to around 0\u2009mm\/year after age of 12. For children aged 7\u20139 years, the cutoff point for AL growth to distinguish between progressive myopia and non-progressive myopia was 0.19\u2009mm\/year. 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