TABLE 4.

Participant characteristics across quintile categories of the MSDPS in the Framingham Offspring Cohort ¹

	MSDPS quintile categories
	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Q5	P-trend
n	604	604	605	604	604
MSDPS	14.7 (3.06–17.8)	20.3 (17.9–22.6)	24.8 (22.7–26.8)	29.0 (26.9–31.6)	35.6 (31.7–60.7)
Age, y	60.2	60.5	61.5	62.1	61.5	<0.001
Women, %	45	55	51	56	65	<0.001
BMI, kg/m2	27.9	27.6	28.2	27.4	27.3	0.02
Waist circumference, cm	100	99	100	98	97	<0.001
PAL,2MET score/h	1.5	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	0.31
Current smokers, %	18	17	10	11	7	<0.001
Current multivitamin users, %	46	51	49	54	64	<0.001

¹Values are means, percent, or medians (range). Age is adjusted for sex only and sex-for-age only. Other characteristics are adjusted for age and sex.

²MET, Metabolic equivalents.