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Indeed, the paper already contains a detailed section on limitations.

Was the previous year population comparable respect to the study dataset in terms of characteristics and sample size? Was any correction already applied in collecting, comparing and analyzing the data and/or any bias was taken under consideration? This observation is not to diminish the conclusion of the study, but rather to strengthen it. I) Even if evidence supports the increasing prevalence and the growing burden of disease potentially related to myopia, it is not clear if datasets collected in the previous years were standardized and/or are comparable to the newly collected data, both in terms of demographics as well as of sample size. However, epidemiological results and pathogenetic mechanisms may benefit from additional considerations and information.