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\caption{\label{NIRcat}Number of periodic variables from Paper~I  with a near-infrared counterpart.}
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&At least one band & All {\it JHK} bands\\
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UKIDSS & 419 & 210\\
VLT & 113 & 113\\
2MASS & 684 & 409\tablefootmark{a}\\
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\tablefoot{\tablefoottext{a}{684 periodic variables in our sample have 2MASS {\it JHK} colors, but since UKIDSS and VLT data have higher priority than 2MASS, 2MASS colors have been used only for the 409 objects without UKIDSS and VLT data.}}
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