Righarts A, et al. - Researchers sought to determine the prevalence of pelvic pain and model associations with potential demographic, obstetric, gynaecological and psychosocial determinants in a cohort study of women born between 1972 and 1973 in Dunedin, New Zealand; 429 women were eligible for analysis. Data supports the common occurrence of female pelvic pain, and suggest common gynaecological and obstetric causal pathways. However, no strong evidence supporting a benefit of childbirth for dysmenorrhoea was gained. Dysmenorrhoea and dyspareunia were noted to have a strong association, and both of these were associated with endometriosis.