The third model, seen in Table 3, Stage III examined predictors of time from at-risk drinking to meeting criteria for an AD diagnosis. All variables met the PH assumption, seven variables were significant, and six of these variables were risk variables that accelerated transition to AD. These included five psychiatric conditions: ODD, CD, MDD, Trauma, and Phobia (z = 2.26, 2.54, 2.44, 2.44, and 2.16, respectively) and a variable indicating an early initiation of drinking (at age 14 or younger). The only variable that delayed progression through Stage III to AD was the R/S variable of Existential Well-being (z = −2.68).
