Table 3.

Intraclass correlation coefficients for serum bicarbonate and albumin

	Number of patients	Number of observations (bicarbonate/albumin)	Serum bicarbonate	Serum albumin
Overall	181	4104/4099	0.38	0.68
0–6 months	181	1160/1156	0.34	0.68
>6–12 months	156	849/849	0.47	0.74
>12–18 months	117	609/609	0.51	0.78
>18–24 months	93	526/525	0.53	0.80
>24–30 months	70	373/373	0.57	0.73
>30–36 months	53	277/277	0.41	0.64
>36 months	36	310/310	0.54	0.61