IL6 and benign prostatic hyperplasia: Interestingly, although specific serum titres were significantly higher in patients with PCA, as compared with patients with BPH, areas under curve (AUC) were small for IL-6 (AUC: 0.5547, 95%CI: 0.4515-0.6579) and IL-15 (AUC: 0.5825, 95%CI: 0.4647-0.7003).