We compared sex, age, smoking, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), diabetes mellitus, body mass index (BMI), cardiac disorder, serum albumin, American Society of Anesthesiologists‐physical status, tumor location, tumor stage, operative duration, stoma formation, lymph node dissection, operator, and bleeding as potential risk factors for POI between the POI group and non‐POI group by univariate and multivariate analyses. Here, ALB is linked to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.