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Potential mechanisms involved in the sex differences of hypertension. Several pathways have been implicated in underlying the differences in blood pressure evident between males and females in the various models of hypertension. RAS, the endothelin pathway and the vasodilating endothelium-dependent pathways are all thought to play prominent roles.
