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immigration studies shed light myopia development reveal highrisk populations end investigated association among immigration age immigration myopia occurrence adolescence populationbased retrospective crosssectional study six hundred seven thousand eight hundred sixtytwo adolescents israeli born immigrants origins former union soviet socialist republics ussr ethiopia israel assessed medical fitness mandatory military service 17 years age 1993 2016 myopia high myopia defined based right eye refractive data age immigration categorized 0 5 years age 6 11 years age 12 19 years age univariate multivariate logistic regression models created myopia odds ratios ors calculated according immigration status israeliborn natives controls next myopia ors calculated according age immigration israeliborn origin controls myopia prevalence ors myopia less prevalent among immigrants israeliborn controls stratified according age immigration decrease myopia prevalence ors increasing age migration observed prominent immigrants arriving 11 years age also showed lower highmyopia ors immigrants ussr ethiopia arriving 11 years age showed myopia 065 95 confidence interval ci 063067 p 10205 052 95 ci 046058 p 1027 compared israeliborn controls notably ethiopians arriving earlier 5 years age showed 2fold higher myopia migrating 11 years age immigrants arriving 11 years age showed markedly lower ors myopia high myopia relative israeliborn controls arriving early childhood likely environmental lifestyle changes differences immigrants arriving 5 years age arriving 6 11 years age relatively smaller suggesting exposures elementary school age play greater role population