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Age-adjusted z-scores for each domain were calculated from the scores of community children (CC) with no acute illness. Groups were compared using linear regression adjusted for potential confounding factors.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Children with CM or SMA had significantly lower overall cognition scores than CC (mean difference [95% CI]: CM \u22120.66 [\u22121.12, \u22120.21], P = .001, SMA \u22120.71 [\u22121.05, \u22120.37], P &amp;lt; .001), and a greater proportion of children with CM (5\/47, 10.6%) or SMA (17\/140, 12.1%) had cognitive impairment (z-score &amp;lt; \u22122) than CC (2\/104, 1.9%, P = .003 and 0.018, respectively). Cognition scores did not differ significantly between children with respiratory distress, multiple seizures or prostration and CC. 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