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Our prospective observational study included 62 HMSN patients (median age 53.5, range 19\u201379 years; 38 women) and 50 MD patients (median age 54.0, range 18\u201377 years; 34 women) undergoing maintenance rehabilitation. They performed respiratory function tests (vital capacity, forced vital capacity, forced expiratory volume and peak expiratory flow) and respiratory muscle strength tests (maximum inspiratory pressure, maximum expiratory pressure and sniff nasal inspiratory force). The Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression Scale was used to evaluate depression, and their health-related quality of life was assessed using the Quality of Life in Genetic Neuromuscular Disease Questionnaire. Using logistic regression, we examined group-difference in presence of depressive symptoms while accounting for age, symptoms duration, and marital status. Multiple linear regression was used to assess the difference in quality-of-life scores, adjusting for age, gender, and symptoms\u2019 duration. The HMSN group achieved statistically significantly better results than the MD group on all respiratory measures (about 17% absolute difference in the respiratory function measures and 30% relative difference in the respiratory muscle strength measures on average). Both groups exhibited a high level of depression symptoms (HMSN 24%, MD 44%; estimated adjusted odds-ratio MD vs. HMSN 1.9, 95% CI 0.8\u20134.5, <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\u2005=\u20050.127). We did not find a statistically significant difference between the groups regarding quality-of-life domains, though a trend towards better quality-of-life among the HMSN patients could be observed. 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