Citation

Markon AO, Jones OE, Punzalan CM, Lurie P, Wolpert B. Public Health Nutr. 2019; ePub(ePub): 1-12.

Affiliation

Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, US Food and Drug Administration, Office of Analytics and Outreach, Division of Public Health Informatics and Analytics,Harvey W. Wiley Building (CPK 1), 5001 Campus Drive, 2C-103, College Park, MD 20740,USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Nutrition Society, Publisher Cambridge University Press)

DOI

10.1017/S1368980019001605

PMID

31317857

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To describe and compare caffeinated energy drink adverse event (AE) report/exposure call data from the US Food and Drug Administration Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition's Adverse Event Reporting System (CAERS) and the American Association of Poison Control Centers' National Poison Data System (NPDS).

DESIGN: Cross-sectional. SETTING: Data were evaluated from US-based CAERS reports and NPDS exposure calls, including report/exposure call year, age, sex, location, single v. multiple product consumption, outcome, symptom, intentionality (NPDS only), report type, product name (CAERS only). PARTICIPANTS: The analysis defined participants (cases) by the number of caffeinated energy drink products indicated in each AE report or exposure call. Single product cases included 357 from CAERS and 12 822 from NPDS; multiple product cases included 153 from CAERS and 931 from NPDS.

RESULTS: CAERS v. NPDS single product cases were older and more frequently indicated serious symptoms. Multiple v. single product consumers were older in both. In CAERS, unlike NPDS, most multiple product consumers were female. CAERS single v. multiple product reports cited higher proportions of life-threatening events, but less often indicated hospitalization and serious events. NPDS multiple v. single product cases involved fewer ≤5-year-olds and were more often intentional.

CONCLUSIONS: Despite limitations, both data sources contribute to post-market surveillance and improve understanding of public health concerns.

Language: en

Keywords

Adverse event; Caffeinated energy drink; Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition Adverse Event Reporting System; National Poison Data System