An inspection of model estimated means for the number of dependence symptoms provides a measure of the clinical significance of these findings. Individuals who were expected to maintain moderate drinking had an average of 4.63 dependence symptoms in the outpatient sample (n = 58) and 5.49 dependence symptoms in the aftercare sample (n = 19), whereas individuals who were expected to transition to heavy drinking at 6 or 12 months (from either nondrinking or moderate drinking after treatment or 6 months, respectively) had an average of 6.31 symptoms in the outpatient sample (n = 61) and 7.61 symptoms in the aftercare sample (n = 65).
