The Framingham Study will conduct examinations and morbidity and mortality follow-up in original, offspring and third generation participants to study the determinants of cardiovascular disease.
US Code:
42 USC 285b-3
Name of Law: Public Health Service Act
A revision to the previous OMB submission is requested because different Cohorts will be re-examined for the 2011-2013 time period (please see Table A.15-1). Re-examination of the Original Cohort will continue. The Offspring and the Omni Group 1 Cohorts will also be re-examined during this cycle; the Generation Three Cohort will not be re-examined. CT examinations of the Offspring Cohort will not occur during this period. Further, morbidity and mortality (surveillance) on the three Framingham Cohorts as well as the two Omni Cohorts will be monitored biennially by means of the Medical History Update Form (Attachment 4) The Omni Cohort is now being included in the Framingham Heart Study contract under the Government's Statement of Work.
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