The present invention relates to methods of treating hypertension in a black patient using a therapeutically effective amount of a combination of an angiotensin II receptor blocker and chlorthalidone.本發明係關於使用治療有效量之血管收縮素II受體阻斷劑與氯噻酮(chlorthalidone)之組合治療黑種病人高血壓之方法。