“…In contrast, more women than men have been shown to present with the disease in other African countries such as Zambia 26 and Nigeria, 4,20,27,28 whilst more men than women were reported in SA, 19 Morocco, 29 Zimbabwe and Malawi, 30 Senegal, 18 Kenya 31 and Algeria. 32 In addition, our observations differ from reports of developed countries where CLL occurrence is higher in men. 5,6,7,8,33,34 Notably, molecular studies have associated higher mutation rates of the ATM gene, a genome integrity regulatory gene, with increased risk of CLL in men.…”