Eklund 1997.

Methods	Study design: parallel RCT Study time frame/recruitment period: October 1991 to June 1993 Follow‐up period: 1841 days
Participants	Country: Finland Setting: single centre Consecutive patients selected for CAPD Number: treatment group (30); control group (30) Mean age, range (years): treatment group (42.8, 22 to 67); control group (45.1, 25 to 64) Sex (M/F): treatment group (20/10); control group (20/10) Diabetes: treatment group (6/30); control group (10/30) Exclusion criteria: not reported
Interventions	Treatment group Single‐cuff Tenckhoff, straight tip Control group Double‐cuff Tenckhoff, straight tip Other information Spinal anaesthesia used for all patients
Outcomes	Peritonitis: 2 of the following criteria ‐ abdominal pain, cloudy dialysate with leucocytes > 100/mm³ with > 50% polymorphonuclear cells, or positive dialysate culture Exit‐site infection: erythema with or without skin induration and/or purulent discharge for the exit site Death
Notes	Funding source: not reported
Risk of bias
Bias	Authors' judgement	Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias)	Unclear risk	Insufficient information to permit judgement
Allocation concealment (selection bias)	Low risk	Sealed envelopes
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) All outcomes	Unclear risk	Not blinded
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) All outcomes	Unclear risk	Not blinded
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes	Low risk	No dropouts
Selective reporting (reporting bias)	Low risk	Unclear, unable to totally exclude reporting bias
Other bias	Unclear risk	Insufficient information to permit judgement