Table 1 Demographic and neuropsychological information.

	PD N = 20	bvFTD N = 16	HCs N = 26	Main Effect	Pairwise comparisons (for significant main effects)
	PD N = 20	bvFTD N = 16	HCs N = 26	Main Effect	Groups	p-value
Demographic data
Sex (F:M)	10:10	5:11	16:10	χ² = 3.64 p = 0.162^b	HCs-PD HCs-bvFTD PD-bvFTD	----- ----- -----
Age	74.25 (6.46) [62–89]	68.50 (12.27) [42–87]	71.73 (5.09) [63–80]	F = 2.35 p = 0.105^a	HCs-PD HCs-bvFTD PD-bvFTD	----- ----- -----
Occupation (R:A)	13:7	9:6	13:11	χ² = 0.534 p = 0.766^b	HCs-PD HCs-bvFTD PD-bvFTD	----- ----- -----
Years since diagnosis	2 (2.21) [0–10]	2.79 (2.59) [0.25-8]	-----	t = -0.890 p = 0.381^d	-----	-----
Years of education	9.95 (5.10) [0–19]	14 (5.28) [6–21]	13 (3.77) [3–18]	F = 3.94 p = 0.025^b	HCs-PD HCs-bvFTD PD-bvFTD	0.077^c 0.777^c 0.031^c
Neuropsychological and functional data
MoCA	20.05 (4.55) [11–27]	22.07 (4.80) [11–29]	24.33 (2.99) [18–29]	F = 6.33 p < 0.01^a	HCs-PD HCs-bvFTD PD-bvFTD	< 0.01^c 0.214^c 0.331^c
MoCA	20.05 (4.55) [11–27]	22.07 (4.80) [11–29]	24.33 (2.99) [18–29]	F = 6.33 p < 0.01^a	HCs-PD HCs-bvFTD PD-bvFTD	0.030^c 0.027^c 0.956^c
Hayling test	14.90 (10.30) [0-33]	15.79 (11.70) [4–37]	8 (5.18) [2–22]	F = 5.01 p < 0.01^a	HCs-PD HCs-bvFTD PD-bvFTD	0.030^c 0.027^c 0.956^c
PDQ-39 total score	72.19(24.68) [41–128]	-----	-----	-----	-----	-----
PDQ-39 mobility score	19.53 (9.72) [10–42]	-----	-----	-----	-----	-----

Data presented as mean (SD) [range], except for sex and occupation.
PD Parkinson’s disease, bvFTD behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia, HCs healthy controls, MoCA Montreal Cognitive Assessment, PDQ-39 Parkinson’s Disease Questionnaire, R retired, A active.
^ap value calculated via one-way ANOVA.
^bp value calculated via chi-squared test (χ2).
^cp value calculated via Tukey’s HSD test.
^dp value calculated via two-tailed t test.

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