title: [Influencing factors of umbilical cord separation in full-term newborns].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the influencing factors for the time of umbilical cord separation in full-term newborns.
  
  
  METHODS
  The time of umbilical cord separation was recorded in 337 full-term newborns. Single factor and multifactor unconditioned logistic regression were performed to investigate the influencing factors of umbilical cord separation. Fourteen possible factors associated with the time of umbilical cord separation, including sex, gestational age, body weight, position of umbilical cord ligature, length of umbilical cord stump, umbilical cord diameter, cleanness of umbilical cord paster, hand cleanness of medical staff and family members and umbilical infection, were involved.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The single factor correlative analysis demonstrated that the position of umbilical cord ligature, length of umbilical cord stump, umbilical cord diameter, cleanness of umbilical cord paster, and umbilical infection were influencing factors for the time of umbilical cord separation (P<0.05). The multifactor unconditioned logistic regression analysis demonstrated four major influencing factors for umbilical cord separation: position of umbilical cord ligature, length of umbilical cord stump, cleanness of umbilical cord paster, and umbilical infection.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The following factors contribute to early separation of umbilical cord: the proper position of umbilical cord ligature (<0.5 cm to umbilical ring), the umbilical cord stump of <0.5 cm, keeping the umbilical cord paster clean and the prevention of umbilical infection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Third Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical College, Xuzhou, Jiangsu 221003, China.
authors.forename: Cong
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Hui
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lu
mesh_terms: D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000517:prevention & control; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D013997:Time Factors; D014470:Umbilical Cord / Q000382:microbiology