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Med."],"abstract":"<jats:sec><jats:title>Objective<\/jats:title><jats:p>This study aims to explore the differences in ocular parameters among adult myopic patients with different degrees of myopia and axial lengths, and to investigate the correlations between these ocular parameters.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>This single-center observational study collected clinical data from myopic patients aged 18\u201345\u202fyears who visited the Eye Hospital of Nanjing Medical University between January and June 2023. The data included laterality, diopter of spherical power (DS), diopter of cylindrical power (DC), spherical equivalent (SE), axial length (AL), central corneal thickness (CCT), flat meridian keratometry (K1), steep meridian keratometry (K2), mean keratometry (Km), anterior chamber depth (ACD), corneal radius of curvature (CRC), and axial length\/corneal radius of curvature ratio (AL\/CRC). Following predefined inclusion and exclusion criteria, 1,026 eyes were included in the study. Patients were grouped based on SE and AL parameters into different degrees of myopia. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) and Welch ANOVA were used to compare intergroup differences. Spearman correlation coefficients were calculated to analyze the correlations between parameters, and linear regression and ROC curve analyses were performed.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Significant differences (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u202f&amp;lt;\u202f0.05) were found among mild, moderate, and high myopia groups in parameters such as DS, DC, AL, K1, Km, ACD, CRC, and AL\/CRC. Significant differences (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u202f&amp;lt;\u202f0.05) were also found in DS, DC, SE, CCT, K1, K2, Km, ACD, CRC, and AL\/CRC among different axial length groups. Spearman correlation analysis showed a strong correlation between AL and DS, SE, and between AL\/CRC and DS, SE, AL. Linear regression analysis revealed that the coefficient of determination (R<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>) for AL and SE was 0.699, and for AL\/CRC and SE, it was 0.861. ROC curve analysis demonstrated high accuracy for both AL and AL\/CRC in identifying high myopia, with an AUC of 0.952 for AL\/CRC, which was superior to the AUC of 0.905 for AL (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u202f&amp;lt;\u202f0.05).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>This study found significant differences in ocular parameters among patients with different degrees of myopia and axial lengths. There was a significant negative correlation between AL, AL\/CRC, and SE. 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