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Catherine Schaefer
Researcher at University of California, Berkeley
Publications - 6
Citations - 4574
Catherine Schaefer is an academic researcher from University of California, Berkeley. The author has contributed to research in topics: Odds ratio & Body mass index. The author has an hindex of 6, co-authored 6 publications receiving 4333 citations. Previous affiliations of Catherine Schaefer include Stockholm County Council & Universidade Federal de Viçosa.
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Comparison of two modes of stress measurement: Daily hassles and uplifts versus major life events
TL;DR: It was found that the Hassles Scale was a better predictor of concurrent and subsequent psychological symptoms than were the life events scores, and that the scale shared most of the variance in symptoms accounted for by life events.
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The health-related functions of social support.
TL;DR: It was concluded that social support research would benefit from attention to the multidimensionality ofSupport and greater specificity in hypotheses about the relationship between types of support and adaptational outcomes.
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Interaction between adolescent obesity and HLA risk genes in the etiology of multiple sclerosis
Anna Karin Hedström,Izaura Lima Bomfim,Lisa F. Barcellos,Milena A. Gianfrancesco,Catherine Schaefer,Ingrid Kockum,Tomas Olsson,Lars Alfredsson +7 more
TL;DR: St striking interactions between BMI status and HLA genotype with regard to MS risk are observed, suggesting a low-grade inflammatory response inherent to obesity synergizes with the adaptive, HLA molecule–restricted arm of the immune system, causing MS.
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Interaction between passive smoking and two HLA genes with regard to multiple sclerosis risk
Anna Karin Hedström,Izaura Lima Bomfim,Lisa F. Barcellos,Farren B.S. Briggs,Catherine Schaefer,Ingrid Kockum,Tomas Olsson,Lars Alfredsson +7 more
TL;DR: The finding supports the hypothesis that priming of the immune response in the lungs may subsequently lead to MS in people with a genetic susceptibility to the disease.
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Causal Effect of Genetic Variants Associated With Body Mass Index on Multiple Sclerosis Susceptibility.
Milena A. Gianfrancesco,M. Maria Glymour,Stefan Walter,Brooke Rhead,Xiaorong Shao,Ling Shen,Hong Quach,Alan E. Hubbard,Ingileif Jonsdottir,Kari Stefansson,Kari Stefansson,Pernilla Strid,Jan Hillert,Anna Karin Hedström,Tomas Olsson,Ingrid Kockum,Catherine Schaefer,Lars Alfredsson,Lisa F. Barcellos +18 more
TL;DR: A causal effect of increased BMI on susceptibility to MS for the first time is supported, and a role for inflammatory pathways that characterize both obesity and the MS disease process is suggested.