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ArticleFrontiers in public health2026

Thoracic angle of trunk rotation and its association with myopia among schoolchildren in a rural county of northeastern China.

Tianli Zheng, Yunlong Bi, Shuang Jiang, Zhijie Ren, Yang Zhang, Weiwei Fu

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Tianli Zheng *Medical Imaging Department, Suzhou Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China.
Yunlong Bi *Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinzhou Medical University, Jinzhou, Liaoning, China.
Shuang JiangCollaborative Innovation Center for Health Promotion for Children and Adolescents, Jinzhou, Liaoning, China.
Zhijie RenMedical Imaging Department, Suzhou Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China.
Yang ZhangMedical Imaging Department, Suzhou Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China.
Weiwei FuMedical Imaging Department, Suzhou Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China.

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Abstract

Objective: Myopia and poor spinal health are prevalent among schoolchildren. We hypothesized that subclinical postural asymmetry, measured by the thoracic angle of trunk rotation (ATR), is positively associated with myopia in schoolchildren from a rural county in northeastern China. Methods: This cross-sectional study evaluated 2,599 schoolchildren (grades 1-6) recruited from two primary schools in a single rural county of northeastern China. We measured thoracic ATR using a scoliometer and assessed refractive error. The association between ATR and myopia was analyzed using multivariable logistic regression, restricted cubic spline-based exposure-response modeling, and machine learning for feature importance. Results: Among participants (51.0% boys, 49.0% girls; mean age 9.5 ± 1.7 years), the overall myopia prevalence was 52.8%. After adjusting for confounders, 1° increase in thoracic ATR was associated with 7% higher odds of myopia (odds ratio = 1.07). Children in the highest ATR tertile had significantly increased odds of myopia compared to the lowest. A linear association was identified. Furthermore, feature importance analysis ranked thoracic ATR as a leading marker for myopic status, secondary only to age and gender. Conclusion: Elevated subclinical thoracic ATR is independently associated with myopia. As a concurrent epidemiological marker of poor posture, ATR screening supports integrated

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MyopiaPostureRural PopulationChildChinaCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansMalePrevalenceRotationcross-sectional studymyopiapostural asymmetryschool-aged childrenthoracic angle of trunk rotation

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