[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 214 (Friday, November 4, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76951-76952]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-26627]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Proposed Collection; 60-Day Comment Request; The Atherosclerosis 
Risk in Communities Study (National Heart Lung and Blood Institute)

AGENCY: National Institutes of Health, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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

DATES: Comments regarding this information collection are best assured 
of having their full effect if received within 60 days of the date of 
this publication.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To obtain a copy of the data 
collection plans and instruments, submit comments in writing, or 
request more information on the proposed project, contact: Dr. 
Jacqueline Wright, 6701 Rockledge Drive, MSC 7936, Bethesda, MD 20892, 
or call non-toll-free number (301) 435-0384, or Email your request to: 
[email protected]. Formal requests for additional plans and 
instruments must be requested in writing.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995 requires: Written comments and/or suggestions 
from the public and affected agencies are invited to address 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 estimate 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.
    Proposed Collection Title: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities 
Study, 0925-0281, REVISION, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute 
(NHLBI), the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
    Need and Use of Information Collection: The ARIC study was 
initiated in 1985 to examine the major factors contributing to the 
occurrence of and the trends for cardiovascular diseases among men, 
women, African Americans and white persons in four U.S. communities: 
Forsyth County, North Carolina; Jackson, Mississippi; suburbs of 
Minneapolis, Minnesota; and Washington County, Maryland. The cohort in 
Jackson is selected to represent only African American residents of the 
city. The primary objectives of the study are to: (1) Investigate 
factors associated with both atherosclerosis and clinical 
cardiovascular diseases and (2) measure occurrence of and trend in 
coronary heart disease (CHD) and relate them to community levels of 
risk factors, medical care, and atherosclerosis. Some specific 
activities for this revision of ARIC are continued telephone follow-up 
of the ARIC cohort, with twice yearly calls to identify new 
cardiovascular

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events and hospitalizations, update information about risk factors, and 
obtain information on access to and use of medical care for heart 
failure risk factors and heart failure, and to re-examine the surviving 
ARIC cohort (target n = 5,300) over a 21-month period.
    OMB approval is requested for 3 years. There are no costs to 
respondents other than their time. The total estimated annualized 
burden hours are 23,289.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                   Average  time
                                                     Number of       Number of     per  response   Total annual
                Type of response                    respondents   responses  per    (hours per      burden hour
                                                                     respondent        year)
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Participant:
    a. Recruitment and Phone Contact (Attachment           7,903               1           15/60           1,976
     1).........................................
    b. Clinic Examination (Attachment 7)........         * 5,572               1          100/60           9,287
    c. Annual Follow-up Form (Attachment 8).....           7,903               6            8/60           6,322
    d. Semiannual Follow-up Form (Attachment 9).           7,903               6            7/60           5,532
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        Subtotal (Participant)..................           7,903         108,311  ..............          23,117
Non-Participant:
    a. Coroner/Medical Examiner Form (Attachment             372               1           10/60              62
     10)........................................
    b. Informant Interview Form (Attachment 11).             372               1           10/60              62
    c. Heart Failure Survey (Attachment 12).....             100               1           10/60              17
    d. Physician Questionnaire Form (Attachment              372               1            5/60              31
     13)........................................
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        Subtotal (Non-Participant)..............           1,216           1,216  ..............             172
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            Total (Participant and Non-                    9,119         109,527  ..............          23,289
             Participant).......................
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* Participants included in item a.


    Dated: October 31, 2016.
Valery Gheen,
NHLBI Project Clearance Liaison, National Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. 2016-26627 Filed 11-3-16; 8:45 am]
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