Outcome group assignment followed the criteria outlined in the Methods to produce four outcome groups for the total of 663 participants who could be classified by this approach. Outcomes included: 1) Consistent with Hypothesis 1, the group with Low-Risk Drinking in the year before follow-up in the absence of multiple alcohol problems in the prior five years included 100 subjects (15.1% of those classified); 2) Participants with prior year High-Risk Drinking without multiple drinking problems in the prior five years included 93 individuals (14.0%); 3) Problem Drinking in the prior five years included 192 individuals (29.0% of those classified); and 4) Abstainers for the prior year in the absence of multiple alcohol problems in the five years before follow-up included 278 participants (41.9%).
