Our meta-analysis identified seven novel suggestive loci associated with myopia progression, including <i>FSTL5</i> on 4q32.2, <i>SMARCA2</i> on 9p24.3, <i>CCDC3</i> on 10p13, <i>GALNT6/ACVR1B</i> on 12q13.13, <i>CRY1</i> on 12q23.3, <i>ULK2</i> on 17p11.2, and <i>MYL4/EFCAB13-DT</i> on 17q21.32. Here, GALNT6 is linked to myopia.