The present inventors intensively conducted genetic analysis with Japanese people, who have a high prevalence of high myopia, using samples obtained from an enormous number of high myopia patients and healthy individuals, to successfully identify nine single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) correlated with high myopia at a genome-wide significance level. SNPs showing a significant correlation with a risk of developing high myopia are considered to be SNPs that have a strong genetic effect on the risk of developing high myopia. Using such SNPs as indicators, a genetic influence on the risk of developing high myopia can be assessed more appropriately.
Method for determination of risk of developing myopia