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Social determinants of health in high and pathologic myopia screening

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The data that support the findings of this study are available from All of Us, but restrictions apply to the availability of these data, which were used under license for the current study, and so are not publicly available. Data are however available from the authors upon reasonable request and with permission of All of Us.

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This work was supported by the National Eye Institute K23 Grant, K23EY035741, E. Matilda Ziegler Foundation for the Blind, and the P30 Vision Research Core Grant, NEI P30-EY026877, Research to Prevent Blindness, Inc. for Chase A. Ludwig, MD, MS.

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CAL conceived and designed the study, specified analyses to be conducted, and supervised the overall project. LIA performed data extraction and analysis and wrote the primary manuscript draft. MT provided critical feedback, made edits, and suggested additional analyses to enhance the study. AS participated in project discussions and provided critical feedback.

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Arnal, L., Salvi, A., Thomas, M. et al. Social determinants of health in high and pathologic myopia screening. Eye 39, 602–605 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41433-024-03561-9

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