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This study investigated the association between dietary factors and incident myopia in Chinese children aged 10\u201311 years. We evaluated dietary habits using a 72-item food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) among 7423 children. Myopic status was assessed using the \u201cGeneral Personal Information Questionnaire\u201d. Principal component analysis was used to extract dietary patterns and investigate their association with myopia. After adjusting for potential confounders, participants with the highest adherence to dietary pattern A (95% confidence interval (CI): 0.66\u20130.92, p for trend = 0.007) and dietary pattern C (95% CI: 0.58\u20130.80, p for trend &lt; 0.001) had a lower risk of myopia than participants with the least adherence. Both of these dietary patterns are characterized by high consumption of meats, aquatic product, dairy and its products, eggs, legumes, vegetables, fruits, grains, and potatoes. 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