Table 1.

Baseline characteristics in study patients

	Parkinson’s disease, dementia (N =12)	Control (N =8)	P-value^,*
Age (years)	70.8 ±5.6	70.4 ± 7.5	0.96
BMI (kg/m2)	30.5 ± 3.8	40.1±6.4	0.002
HbA1c (%)	7.8 ± 1.4	8.7 ± 1.6	0.29
Diabetes duration (years)	15.8 ± 10.3	20.0 ± 9.4	0.44
Nephropathy (yes/no)	(7/5)	(4/4)	1
Depression (yes/no)	(4/8)	(2/6)	1
Painful neuropathy (yes/no)	(5/7)	(1/7)	0.33
Atrial fibrillation (yes/no)	(3/9)	(4/4)	0.36
Cancer (yes/no)	(6/6)	(1/7)	0.16

^{^}T-test for continuous variable;

^*Fischer’s exact test for dichotomous variables BMI- body mass index; HbA₁c- glycosylated hemoglobin.