The probability of post-surgical complications

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Question: In a study among patients who undergo wedge resection (a type of lung surgery for early-stage lung cancer), the odds ratio between history of cardiac comorbidity (1 = cardiac comorbidity; 0 = no cardiac comorbidity) for the outcome of post-surgical complications (1 = post-surgical complications; 0 = no post-surgical complications) was 2.1. a. Why is it incorrect to say: "The probability of post-surgical complications for patients with cardiac comorbidity is 2.1 times the probability for patients without cardiac comorbidity"? Give the correct interpretation of the number 2.1.

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