[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 48 (Monday, March 12, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14393-14394]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-6009]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

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 3507(a)(1)(D) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood 
Institute (NHLBI), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has 
submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for 
review and approval of the information collection listed below. This 
proposed information collection was previously published in the Federal 
Register on December 4, 2000, pages 75722-3 and allowed 60-days for 
public comment. No pubic comments were received. The purpose of this 
notice is to allow an 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, an 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 Request: Revision (OMB No. 0925-0334). Need 
and Use of Information Collection: This study will quantify association 
between conventional and hypothetical risk factors and coronary heart 
disease

[[Page 14394]]

(CHD) and stroke in people age 65 years and older. The primary 
objectives include quantifying association of risk factors with 
subclinical disease; characterize the natural history of CHD and 
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: Twice a year 
(participants) or once per cardiovascular disease event (proxies and 
physicians); Affected Public: Individuals. Type of Respondents: 
Individuals recruited for CHS and their selected proxies and 
physicians. The annual reporting burden is as follows: Estimated Number 
of Respondents: 4,606; Estimated Number of Responses Per Respondent: 
4.55; and Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours Requested: 1,719. There 
are no capital, operating, or maintenance costs to report.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                     Estimated                       Estimated
                                                     Estimated       number of    Average burden   Total annual
               Type of respondents                   number of     responses per     hours per     burden hours
                                                    respondents     respondent*      response        requested
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Participants....................................           3,580            5.6            0.25            1,665
Physicians......................................             606            1.0            0.10               20
Participants proxies............................             420            1.0            0.25               35
                                                 ---------------------------------------------------------------
    Total.......................................           4,606            4.55           0.246          1,719
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
*Total over 3-pear period.

    Request for Comments: Written comments and/or suggestions from the 
pubic and affected agencies are invited on one or more of the following 
points: (1) 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) the accuracy 
of the agency's estimated of the 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 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, DC 
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: Dr. Diane Build, National Institutes of 
Health, Division of Epidemiology and Clinical Applications, 
Epidemiology and Biometry Program, NHLBI, II Rockledge Centre, 6701 
Rockledge Drive, MSC # 7934, Bethesda, MD, 20892-7934, or call non-
toll-free number (303) 435-0707, or e-mail your request, including your 
address to: [email protected].
    Comments Due Date: Comments regarding this information collection 
are best assured of having their full effect if received on or before 
April 11, 2001.

    Dated: March 1, 2001.
Peter J. Savage,
Acting Director, Division of Epidemiology and Clinical Applications, 
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.
[FR Doc. 01-6009 Filed 3-9-01; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4140-01-M