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Standardized inflammation composite scores as a function of child sex and the age of first onset of maltreatment exposure. Among girls, those who had their first maltreatment experience before age 5 had higher inflammatory composite scores than girls who were not maltreated and had marginally higher inflammatory composite scores than girls whose exposure occurred at age 5 or later. Boys’ inflammation scores did not differ as a function of age at first onset
