The Framingham Study will continue to 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 the numbers of Offspring and Omni Group 1 participants to be examined for the 2014-2016 time period are much smaller than those during the last OMB approval period. This is because a great majority of these two cohorts will have completed their examinations by the end of the 2013. The small number of participants remaining to be examined is reflected in the decrease in the estimated annualized burden hours for these two cohorts as well as for the entire study, compared to the last OMB approval period.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
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