Comparison of immunological profiles in urban and rural populations exposed to different levels of environmental pollution in Cuenca, Ecuador.

Background: air with high levels of toxic substances produces an immune response, due to the need our body has to defend against aggressions, this response to the beginning helps defend us from these substances, but when the provocation is constant, this response can become toxic and help the development of different diseases. Objective: Relate the levels of biological markers with the levels of environmental pollution in the urban and rural population. Methodology: Transversal analytical type study. The sample held with Epidat 4.2 is constituted by 134 people from the urban area and 134 of the rural area of the Cuenca canton. The data will be collected through an electronic form made in Kobotoolbox that will include filiation data, background, habits, environmental pollutants values and blood test values. For data analysis, SPSS V.29 software, descriptive statistics with absolute and relative frequencies in qualitative variables, central tendency and dispersion measures for quantitative variables; In the hypothesis contrast, the Student or U U test of Mann-Whitney, Chi square linear regression, level of significance 0.05 will be determined. Expected results: Establish the level of environmental pollution in the Cuenca canton, and its relationship with the immunological markers of the villagers of the canton.