Clinical Practice Guidelines and Reports In Development

Cardiovascular Disease Risk Reduction in Adults

The NHLBI is currently sponsoring the development of reports with recommendations for clinical practice on reducing cardiovascular risk in adults. Three expert panels and two work groups are writing the following reports:

Managing Blood Cholesterol in Adults: Report from the Adult Treatment Panel (ATP)
Managing Blood Pressure in Adults: Report from the Joint National Committee (JNC)
Managing Overweight and Obesity in Adults: Report from the Obesity Expert Panel
Assessing Cardiovascular Risk: Report from the Risk Assessment Work Group
Lifestyle Recommendations to Reduce Cardiovascular Risk: Report from the Lifestyle Work Group

Message from NHLBI Director Dr. Gary H. Gibbons: Status of NHLBI-sponsored guideline reports on cardiovascular risk factors in adults

The following table reflects the status of each report and progress through the remaining stages of the review process before the guidelines are released.

	Draft Finished	Federal Review	Expert Review	Advisory Council
Lifestyle	Completed	Completed	Completed	In Progress
Risk Assessment	Completed	Completed	Completed	In Progress
Cholesterol	Completed	Completed	Completed	In Progress
Blood Pressure	Completed	Completed	Completed
Obesity	Completed	In Progress	In Progress

Draft Completed: Expert panelists have completed a full draft of the systematic review and recommendations.
Federal Review: Federal agency representatives of the NHLBI's National Program to Reduce Cardiovascular Risk (NPRCR) coordinating committee provide review and comment.
Expert Review: External peer reviewers with expertise in the relevant risk factors provide review and comment.
Advisory Council: The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Advisory Council provides review and comment and recommends approval.
Public Comment: The draft is offered publicly for review and comment.
HHS Clearance: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services provides editorial review, comment, and approval.

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Last Updated February 2013

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