This is an Accepted Article that has been peer-reviewed and approved for publication in the Diabetic Medicine, but has yet to undergo copy-editing and proof correction. Please cite this article as an “Accepted Article”; doi: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2011.03515.x Received Date : 17-Mar-2011 Revised Date : 21-Jul-2011 Accepted Date : 01-Nov-2011 Article type : Original Article Article: Complications Serum uric acid is related to cardiovascular events and correlates with N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide and albuminuria in patients with diabetes mellitus M. Resl 1 , M. Clodi 1 , S. Neuhold 2 , H. Kromoser 1 , M. Riedl 1 , G. Vila 1 , R. Prager 3 , R. Pacher 4 ,G. Strunk 5 , A. Luger 1 and M. Hülsmann 4 1 Department of Endocrinology, Medical University of Vienna, 2 Anaesthesia, General Intensive Care and Pain Control, Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Medical University of Vienna, 3 Karl Landsteiner Institute for Nephrology and Diabetes, Hietzing Hospital Vienna, 4 Department of Cardiology, Medical University of Vienna and 5 Research Institute for Health Care Management and Economics, University of Economics and Business, Vienna, Austria Correspondence to: Assoc Prof Dr Martin Clodi, Department of Internal Medicine III, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Medical University of Vienna, Währinger Gürtel 18–20, 1090 Vienna, Austria. E-mail: martin.clodi@meduniwien.ac.at Short title: Uric acid predicts cardiovascular events