Going up to 62 percent decrease in risk associated with end stage renal disease - which requires dialysis or a kidney transplant.
Almost all red meat consumed by study participants was pork. The research was led by Professor Koh Woon Puay of Duke-NUS Medical School and NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health.
The study was conducted over a period of 15 years on more than 60,000 Chinese adults in Singapore. Participants aged between 45 and 74 years old at the start of the study.
No relationship was found between renal failure and consumption of poultry, fish, eggs or dairy products, while soybeans and other legumes can reduce the risk of kidney failure, the study found.
