During the course of the follow-up, 60% of these alcoholic probands reported at least one five-year period during which they experienced none of the 11 DSM-IV alcohol abuse or dependence criterion items. That figure includes 45% for whom the period of remission sustained through the most recent follow-up assessment at ~age 50. The pattern of remission over the 20 years indicates that both initial and sustained remissions were likely to occur during each of the follow-up epochs, with the greatest incidence of remission from AUD occurring between age 30 (T10) and age 35 (T15).
