Hiki ke hoʻonui a hoʻonui paha ka nui o ka protein i ka maʻi kīkī, no ka poʻe i predisposed iā lākou, no ka mea, ʻo ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka ʻai protein e hoʻonui ai i ke kiʻekiʻe o ka kānana glomerular (GFR).
ʻO ke ʻano o ka protein i ʻai ʻia he hopena hoʻi ia ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o nā mea kanu i ka UGF ma mua o nā protein holoholona.
Ma muli o nā hoʻokolohua, ua hōʻike ʻia kēlā ma hope o ka ʻai ʻana i nā meaʻai me ka protein holoholona, ʻo UGF (glomerular filtration rate) he 16% kiʻekiʻe ma mua o ka ʻai ʻana i nā meaʻai me ka protein soy.
No ka mea ua kokoke ka pathology o nā maʻi o ka ʻōnaehana genitourinary i ka pathology o atherosclerosis, hoʻohaʻahaʻa i ke kiʻekiʻe o ka cholesterol koko a me ka hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻana i ka cholesterol oxidation, ma muli o ka meaʻai meaʻai meaʻai, hiki ke lilo i mea maikaʻi loa no ka poʻe e loaʻa ana i nā maʻi maʻi.