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Physical Activity Research
8 years. Retrospective study watches for outcome backward and
examines exposures about an outcome that is established at the
beginning of the study (Mann, 2003; LaMorte, 2015). Retrospective
study or historic cohort study is a longitudinal cohort study that
researches a cohort of individuals with common exposure in de-
termining influence and is compared to another group, which was
not exposed to exposure factor (Doll, 1980). A retrospective study
looks backward and examines exposures to suspected risk about an
outcome, established at the beginning of the survey. In retrospective
studies there is a higher risk for obtaining bias than in prospective
studies, this is why retrospective studies are often criticized. Data
from the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study (n = 2309); lon-
gitudinal research project from the beginning of 1980 (Telama et
al., 2005) were used for investigation of stability of physical activ-
ity from childhood and adolescence to adulthood and how physical
activity in adulthood could be predicted from variables measured in
childhood and adolescence. Physical activity was assessed with self-
report, and medical examinations were made. It was concluded that
high level of physical activity in childhood affects physical activity
in adulthood (Telama et al., 2005).
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8 years. Retrospective study watches for outcome backward and
examines exposures about an outcome that is established at the
beginning of the study (Mann, 2003; LaMorte, 2015). Retrospective
study or historic cohort study is a longitudinal cohort study that
researches a cohort of individuals with common exposure in de-
termining influence and is compared to another group, which was
not exposed to exposure factor (Doll, 1980). A retrospective study
looks backward and examines exposures to suspected risk about an
outcome, established at the beginning of the survey. In retrospective
studies there is a higher risk for obtaining bias than in prospective
studies, this is why retrospective studies are often criticized. Data
from the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study (n = 2309); lon-
gitudinal research project from the beginning of 1980 (Telama et
al., 2005) were used for investigation of stability of physical activ-
ity from childhood and adolescence to adulthood and how physical
activity in adulthood could be predicted from variables measured in
childhood and adolescence. Physical activity was assessed with self-
report, and medical examinations were made. It was concluded that
high level of physical activity in childhood affects physical activity
in adulthood (Telama et al., 2005).
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