tokens: Higher prevalence of cortical and nuclear cataract in women than men was evident but the difference was only significant for cortical cataract ( age - adjusted odds ratio , OR , for women 1 . 3 , 95 % confidence intervals , CI , 1 . 1 - 1 . 5 in cross - section I and OR 1 . 4 , 95 % CI 1 . 1 - 1 . 6 in cross - section II ) .