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All participants underwent comprehensive ocular examinations, standardized scoliosis screening, and completed structured questionnaires assessing demographic and behavioral risk factors.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This study included 9,583 middle school students (mean age 12.59\u2009\u00b1\u20091.17 years). Overall myopia prevalence was 77.6%, while the scoliosis prevalence was 1.7%. Notably, 87.2% of the scoliosis cohort had concurrent myopia, compared to 77.4% in the non-scoliosis group. The dual-disease comorbidity rate was 1.5% (males: 1.0%; females: 2.1%). Multivariable logistic regression analysis revealed that poor reading\/writing postures (OR\u2009=\u20091.17, 95% CI: 1.02\u20131.34) and scoliosis screening positivity (OR\u2009=\u20091.74, 95% CI: 1.09\u20132.76) were significantly associated with increased myopia risk. Conversely, myopia demonstrated a bidirectional association with elevated scoliosis susceptibility (OR\u2009=\u20091.73, 95% CI: 1.09\u20132.75). For dual-disease cases, advancing school grade and female sex were positively correlated with comorbidity. Systematic implementation of postural breaks after 30-minute near-work intervals (OR\u2009=\u20090.65, 95% CI: 0.46\u20130.91) and teacher-mediated posture monitoring (OR\u2009=\u20090.66, 95% CI: 0.45\u20130.97) significantly reduced comorbidity risks compared to sporadic practice.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A significant bidirectional association exists between adolescent myopia and scoliosis, with non-ergonomic reading\/writing postures identified as a shared modifiable risk factor. 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