[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 195 (Wednesday, October 8, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52567-52568]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-26631]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; Proposed Collection: 
Comment Request (The Cardiovascular Health Study)

SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, for opportunity for public comment 
on proposed data collection projects, the National Heart, Lung, and 
Blood Institute (NHLBI), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will 
publish periodic summaries of proposed projects to be submitted to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval.

PROPOSED COLLECTION: Title: The Cardiovascular Health Study. Type of 
Information Request: NEW. Need and Use of Information Collection: This 
study will quantify associations between conventional and hypothetical 
risk factors and coronary heart disease and stroke in people age 65 
years and older. The primary objectives include quantifying 
associations of risk factors with subclinical disease, characterize the 
natural history of CHD, stroke and identify factors associated with 
clinical course. The findings will provide important information on 
cardiovascular disease in an older U.S. population and lead to early 
treatment of risk factors associated with disease

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and identification of factors which may be important in disease 
prevention. Frequency of response: 5.36 (annual number of responses/
annual number of respondents) Affected public: Individuals or 
households. Types of Respondents: Individuals recruited for CHS and 
their selected proxies and physicians. The annual reporting burden is 
as follows: Estimated Number of Respondents: 5,790; Estimated Number of 
Responses per respondent: 5.4; and Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours 
Requested: 8,098. There are no costs for respondents. Estimated 
annualized cost for information collection for information collection 
for a 13-year period is $6,820 thousand per year. This is based on CHS 
Field, Center and Reading Centers costs in thousands per year. 
Personnel, $3,627; Equipment, $47; Subcontracts, $257; Other, $1,437; 
Overhead, $1,452. The annualized cost of monitoring the project by the 
NHLBI is $207 thousand.

REQUEST FOR COMMENTS: Written comments and/or suggestions from the 
public and affected agencies are invited on one or more of the 
following points: (1) Whether the proposed collection of information 
will have practical utility; (2) The accuracy of the agency's estimate 
of burden of the proposed collection of information, including the 
validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (3) Ways to enhance 
the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; 
and (4) Ways to minimize the burden of collection of information on 
those who are to respond, including the use of appropriate automated, 
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: To request more information on the proposed 
project or to obtain a copy of data collection plans and instruments, 
contact Dr. Robin Boineau, Epidemiology and Biometry Program, Division 
of Clinical Applications, NHLBI, NIH, II Rockledge Centre, 6701 
Rockledge Drive, MSC #7934, 
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COMMENTS DUE DATE: Comments regarding this information collection are 
best assured of having their full effect if received within 60-days of 
the date of this publication.

    Dated: October 1, 1997.
Sheila E. Merritt,
Executive Officer, NHLBI.
[FR Doc. 97-26631 Filed 10-7-97; 8:45 am]
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