National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request, the Cardiovascular Health Study

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request, the Cardiovascular Health Study

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute,

the National Institutes of Health has submitted to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve the

information collection listed below. This proposed information

collection was previously published in the Federal Register on October

8, 1997, pages 52567-52668, and allowed 60 days for public comment. No

public comments were received. The purpose of this notice is to allow

additional 30 days for public comment. The National Institutes of

Health may not conduct or sponsor, and the respondent is not required

to respond to, and information collection that has been extended,

revised, or implemented on or after October 1, 1995, unless it displays

a currently valid OMB control number.

Proposed Collection

Title: The Cardiovascular Health Study. Type of Information

Collection Requested: NEW. Need and Use of Information Collection: This

study will qualify associations between conventional and hypothetical

risk factors and coronary heart disease and stroke in people age 65 and

older. The primary objectives include quantifying associations of risk

factors with subclinical disease, characterize the natural history of

coronary heart disease, 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 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 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 a 13-year

period is $6,820 thousand per year. This is based on CHS Field,

Coordinating and Reading Centers costs in thousands per year.

Personnel, $3,627; Equipment, $47; Subcontracts, $257; Others $1,437;

Overhead, $1,437. 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 should address one or more of the following points: (1)

Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is necessary

for the proper performance of the function of the agency, including

whether the information will have practical utility; (2) Evaluate the

accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed

collection of information, including the validity of the methodology

and assumptions used; (3) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of

the information to be collected; and (4) Minimize the burden of the

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.

Direct Comments to OMB

Written comments and/or suggestions regarding the item(s) contained

in this notice, especially regarding the estimated public burden and

associated response time, should be directed to the: Office of

Management and Budget, Office of Regulatory Affairs, New Executive

Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, D.C. 20503, Attention: Desk

Officer for NIH. To request more information on the proposed project or

to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and instruments, contact:

Robin Boineau, MD, Epidemiology and Biometry Program, Division of

Epidemiology and Clinical Applications, National Heart, Lung and Blood

Institute, II Rockledge Centre, 6701 Rockledge Drive, MSC 7934,

Bethesda, MD 20892. Phone, (301) 435-0707, Facsimile (301) 480-1667, or

electronic mail: [email protected].

Comments Due Date

Comments regarding this information collection are best assured of

having their full effect if received on or before April 27, 1998.

Dated: March 16, 1998.

Shelia E. Merritt,

Executive Officer, NHLBI.

[FR Doc. 98-7871 Filed 3-25-98; 8:45 am]

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