A Simple Tenckhoff Catheter Placement Technique for Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis (CAPD) Using the Bandung Method

Table 1

Patients’ characteristics.

Characteristic	N (%)
Patients	230
Male : female	135 : 95
Age
Mean ± SD (years)	47.28 ± 14.94
Range	14–84
Etiology
DM	74 (32.2%)
Non-DM	156 (67.8%)
Hypertension	65 (28.3%)
Glomerulopathy	56 (24.3%)
Lupus nephritis	21 (9.1%)
Chronic pyelonephritis	9 (3.9%)
Cardiorenal syndrome	1 (0.4%)
Obstructive nephropathy	1 (0.4%)
Polycystic kidney disease	0

SD: standard deviation; DM: diabetes mellitus.