Multiple logistic regression analysis was performed for age, body weight, body height, history of diabetes mellitus, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II scores, admission categories of post-operative patients without sepsis and trauma, and serum albumin, and only age was identified as an independent risk factor for ARC (odds ratio, 0.95; 95 % confidence interval [CI], 0.91–0.98). Here, ALB is linked to diabetes mellitus.