About the Authors

Ying Hon

Roles Investigation, Project administration, Validation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Centre for Myopia Research, School of Optometry, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China

Rachel Ka Man Chun

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Centre for Myopia Research, School of Optometry, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China, Research Centre for SHARP Vision, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China, InnoHK, Centre for Eye and Vision Research, 17W Hong Kong Science Park, Shatin, Hong Kong, China

Tsz Wing Leung

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Centre for Myopia Research, School of Optometry, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China, Research Centre for SHARP Vision, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China, InnoHK, Centre for Eye and Vision Research, 17W Hong Kong Science Park, Shatin, Hong Kong, China

Hua Qi

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Technical Research and Development Department, Vision Care Section, Hoya Corporation, Tokyo, Japan

Keigo Hasegawa

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Technical Research and Development Department, Vision Care Section, Hoya Corporation, Tokyo, Japan

Ka Yan Leung

Roles Investigation, Project administration, Validation

Affiliation Centre for Myopia Research, School of Optometry, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China

Chi Ho To

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology

Affiliations Centre for Myopia Research, School of Optometry, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China, InnoHK, Centre for Eye and Vision Research, 17W Hong Kong Science Park, Shatin, Hong Kong, China

Carly Siu Yin Lam

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

carly.lam@polyu.edu.hk (CSYL); dennis.tse@polyu.edu.hk (DYYT)

Affiliations Centre for Myopia Research, School of Optometry, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China, Research Centre for SHARP Vision, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China, InnoHK, Centre for Eye and Vision Research, 17W Hong Kong Science Park, Shatin, Hong Kong, China

Dennis Yan-Yin Tse

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

carly.lam@polyu.edu.hk (CSYL); dennis.tse@polyu.edu.hk (DYYT)

Affiliations Centre for Myopia Research, School of Optometry, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China, Research Centre for SHARP Vision, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China, InnoHK, Centre for Eye and Vision Research, 17W Hong Kong Science Park, Shatin, Hong Kong, China

Competing Interests

I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: • DYY Tse, RKM Chun, CSY Lam, and CH To received research funding from Hoya LENS Thailand Ltd, a commercial entity involved in the manufacturing of the study lenses, including both the marketed and experimental lenses evaluated in this study. • CSY Lam, and CH To received royalty payments from Hoya LENS Thailand Ltd. • DYY Tse, CSY Lam, and CH To hold patents on myopia treatment using spectacle lenses, contact lenses, or pharmaceuticals. The authors declare that the funder had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.