ALB and diabetes mellitus: BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2 (OR 3.17), serum albumin < 3.5 g/dl (OR 1.77), absence of DM (OR 1.75), distal extrahepatic bile duct carcinoma (OR 4.05), and carcinoma of the papilla of Vater (OR 5.19) were risk factors for POPF post-pancreatoduodenectomy.