[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 80 (Wednesday, April 25, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20820-20821]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-10205]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) Event 
Surveillance

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: Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) Event 
Surveillance. Type of Information Request: New. Need and Use of 
Information Collection: The study, MESA, will identify and quantify 
factors associated with the presence and progression of subclinical 
cardiovascular disease (CVD)--that is, atherosclerosis and other forms 
of CVD that have not produced signs and symptoms. The findings will 
provide important information on subclinical CVD in individuals of 
different ethnic backgrounds and provide information for studies on new 
interventions to prevent CVD. The aspects of the study that concern 
direct participant evaluation received a clinical exemption from OMB 
clearance (CE-99-11-08) in April 2000. OMB clearance is being sought 
for the contact of physicians and participant proxies to obtain 
information about clinical CVD events that participants experience 
during the follow-up period. Frequency of response: Once per CVD-event. 
Affected public: Individuals. Types of Respondents: Physicians and 
selected proxies of individuals recruited for MESA. The annual 
reporting burden is as follows: Estimated Number of Respondents: 555; 
Estimated Number of Responses per respondent: 1.0; and Estimated Total 
Annual Burden Hours Requested: 42.
    There are no capital, operating, or maintenance costs to report.

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                                                            Estimated
                                          Estimated         number of     Average burden hours   Estimated total
         Type of respondents              number of       responses per       per response        annual burden
                                         respondents       respondent                            hours requested
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Physicians..........................               279               1.0                 0.20                 19
Particpant proxies..................               276               1.0                 0.25                 23
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    Total...........................               555               1.0                 0.225                42
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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 CONTACT: To request more information on the 
proposed project or to obtain a copy of data collection plans and 
instruments, contact Dr. Diane Bild, Epidemiology and Biometry Program, 
Division of Epidemiology and Clinical Applications, NHLBI, NIH, II 
Rockledge Centre, 6701 Rockledge Drive, MSC #7934, Bethesda, MD 20892-
7934, or call non-toll-free number (301) 435-0457, 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 June 25, 2001.

    Dated: April 13, 2001.
Peter J. Savage,
Acting Director, Division of Epidemiology and Clinical Applications, 
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.
[FR Doc. 01-10205 Filed 4-24-01; 8:45 am]
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