Table 2. Initial treatment and prognosis of microscopic polyangiitis patients with or without bronchiectasis.

Variables	With BE (n=7) [%]	Without BE (n=24) [%]	P value
Initial treatment
Methylprednisolone pulse therapy	3 [43]	12 [50]	1.00
Prednisolone with cyclophosphamide*	0 [0]	4 [17]	0.55
Prognosis
Total of death	2 [29]	7 [29]	1.00
<1 year	0 [0]	7 [29]	0.03
≥1 and <5 years	2 [29]	0 [0]	–

*, the dosages of prednisolone were ranged between 0.5 and 1.2 mg/kg/day. Prognosis between less than 1 year and more than 1 year to 5 years were analyzed using Fisher’s exact test.