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

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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