Table 4.

Association between tau and gait

Study	Participants	Mean age	% Male	Methods	Gait parameters	Results
Schneider et al 2006 [70]	N=86 Catholic clergy without PD	85 at death	Not specified	Neurofibrillary tangles in the substantia nigra on autopsy and	Performance on the UPDRS prior to death	A greater number of tangles at death was associated with a worse score on the UPDRS, with gait the most strongly affected domain, independent of dementia diagnosis

PD, Parkinson’s disease; UPDRS, Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale.