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. 2017 Jul 19;7(1):6. doi: 10.1186/s41935-017-0001-2

Table 1.

Reported fatal caffeine concentrations in the literature

Reference Number of cases Type of blood Caffeine concentration (mg/l)
this case 1 femoral 401
2 1 femoral 290
3 1 unknown 240
4 1 serum 1560
5 2 femoral 190 – 220
6 4 femoral 153 – 173 – 200 – 210
7 2 femoral 192 – 567
8 1 unknown 350
9 8 unknown average at 140.4
10 1 femoral 170